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Somehow, some way, I'm all caught up on #Inktober. It's all on my Drip. d.rip/ironspike

But I'll go ahead to share one of the five sketches here.

<cryptic> Weird to think we left of there, huh. </cryptic>
Man. If I were ten years younger, I'd probably have a modestly successful little webcomic Patreon right now. And that's all.

Such is life, eh? Omelette, break a few eggs, etc.

Most of you are totally lost right now, and that's okay. No biggie. ONWARD!
Okay, okay, one more, cuz she turned out so nice.

The girl from Ozone Park, overcoming childhood prejudice via T H I R S T .

...As many do, honestly.
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Louisiana makes no sense. Despite being a busy commercial and industrial hub packed to the brim with extensively-exploited natural resources, it's one of the poorest states in America, with the lowest quality of life indicators.

Here's a vid on why.
In a phrase? Industrial tax exemptions. Between 66% & 99%(!) of the properties owned by companies like Exxon & Dow in LA aren't taxed at all. Exemption requests, decided at the state level, are passed 99% of the time. There hasn't been a policy review of the process in +80 YEARS.
Louisiana is losing hundreds of millions, possibly more, in tax dollars every year to these exemptions. And as a result, when judged by factors like healthcare, infrastructure, educational opportunities and crime prevalence, LA comes DEAD LAST at 50. usnews.com/news/best-stat…
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Oh god they're honestly all so interchangeable. But some common threads?

- No loss or death is their fault. It's a glitch, lag, or a stream sniper. Those are the only options.
- Everyone is their chat is an idiot and needs to shut up.
- Zero casual conversation. 100% sulking.
Some people have natural, easy charisma, and some people learn to be charismatic.

And some people just silently glower into their webcam for six hours when they're not playing with their phone or Yellin' At Vidya Gamez.
That Dad Mode streamer I liked from yesterday is on vacation, and I am feeling the loss.
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More #Fallout4, and the construction of The Sanctuary Museum of Pre-War America.

Made a "children's toys" display case, and a "sports and leisure" display. Fishing rod won't fit in the latter, sadly.
As I mentioned before, the Vault-Tec rep is in Sanctuary and assigned to work the cafe, so the restaurant on the second floor is completely functional! Every evening after work, the residents congregate up here to eat and socialize. I need to finish the building & add furniture.
I also made the rep his own house; an old bus behind the museum. Unlike most of the settlement's living quarters, he has it all to himself, cuz again, Dude Needed A Win.
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-Comment ss and first name you used to sign up (yes I'll check)

AT 100, I will give away any BTS album of choice, sealed, no poster
IF 500, a BT21 Christmas doll 👀
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-Yes I'm being highkey shameless but the stuff won from it can help me do more GAs
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Pulling winner now 👀👀
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Wow, this is really gold. 1 hour exclusive podcast with @MagnusCarlsen being interviewed by two of his closest friends. Some fun anecdotes from his childhood. Too bad most of you guys don’t understand Norwegian.
Carlsen on his final GM norm (Dubai Open): «It came earlier than I expected. There was a period in the fall of 2003 when I had roughly 2450, thought about norms, but I wasn’t really close. But in the spring I had my breakthrough»
«In the last tournament in Dubai, I was in the zone. I felt quite invincible, but I.didn’t really think I would beat the 2600’s. But I didn’t see how they would beat me. It was a great time with few things to worry about and youthful courage!»
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<thread>

"Gaslighting is essentially a tactic used by abusive personalities to make the abused person feel as though they’re not experiencing reality, or that it’s made up or false," -- Dominic Sisti

We're all abused children now.

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politico.com/magazine/story…
The bulk of the abuse directed towards me as a child was verbal, as is the norm in such relationships.

It's easy to scream and be mean.

Don't get me wrong, the old man had a big ol' class ring he pop me with on the top of the head for minor infractions.

2/
He was an Olympic level gymnast too, so he was STRONG. Dude used to do standing backflips, with a potbelly mind you, and not spill the beer in his hand.

So when he hit, it HURT. Broke bones sometimes.

But the awful things he would say.

At least the bones healed.

3/
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Think about the people in your life who are passionately against Brexit.
If they know that you watched the negotiations fall apart and you opposed letting the UK judge the outcome, will they forgive you if your Brexit makes their life harder?
We all wanted the best for the UK.
What we disagreed on was whether the facts available in 2016 meant that Brexit would help with our shared objective of a better UK.
It's not just about Brexit itself. The venomous debates about Brexit are weakening our country.
When the facts are unclear, it's harder to have constructive debate.
The facts will be much clearer when we can actually look at a Brexit deal.
That's why we need a vote on those facts
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One thing I wish I learned much earlier in life is that buying shit just for the sake of buying shit won't make you feel better.

In fact, in the long run, it'll just make you feel worse.
And that once you start and get caught up in the cycle, it just gets harder to stop even though you very quickly reach a point where you have more than enough.
It's hard to stop and think about what you have already before buying something else (something else you no doubt think you "need") but it's really the only way out.
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In light of several “bad peer review" shared on twitter recently, I thought I’d share one of my stories. It is long (buckle up!) but I think instructive for what it reveals about the logic of the system. (It might also be a "bad author" story...)

Here goes:
More than a decade ago, a colleague & I were struggling to publish a paper we thought was pathbreaking. Versions of it were rejected by two major journals. We were frustrated we weren’t...
... getting our idea across. One thing led to another & we ended up making a massive investment over a couple of years to gut & reconstruct the paper. We felt good about the new draft to the point we were glad the prior draft has been rejected.

We then submitted it to a top...
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