u/_Ab_Aeterno

It has to be Edwin Akufo.

He HATES that Rebecca killed the league he was trying to start.

He's incredibly vindictive, and has all the money and time in the world.

People Leslie talked to were scared to mention "him."

Mae thought her own bar was watched or tapped, and had to talk to Leslie in the basement.

I don't want to scare you, but start looking for a new role NOW. My spouse is a software engineer, has a decade of experience, and has been unemployed for 14 months- even with targeted searching, resumes altered per job, reaching out to anyone in the field, daily hunting, several interview rounds. Coworkers affected by the same round of layoffs are just starting to land jobs, or still unemployed as well.

I am also a software engineer and frankly terrified that if my company goes under (it's a start up), then we are completely fucked.

The job market is bad everywhere though, not just software. Career changing might be difficult depending on the field.

If you know anyone who is willing to recommend you to the company they are at, go that route first. Many companies are now hybrid, so talk to your wife about where you both would be willing to relocate to if needed. If you aren't medicated or your medication isn't working like it should, talk to your doctor. Good luck!!

The bear is Momota in Japan's Oga Aquarium. There are more videos of him and his enrichment toys, very real and very cute!

Hazel Tindall is the fastest knitter in the world, and she knits English style.

I am further north than MA, above the 45* latitude.

Not New England specific, but I have moved in the US from the south to the north.

I was a little surprised at what birds I miss the most. Pretty common ones that I enjoyed watching and hearing- Carolina Wrens, Tufted Titmice, Yellow-Breasted Chats.

If I were to move from here, I know I'd miss the Redpolls, Snowy Owls, Common Ravens.

There are always birds that won't be where you are. At the risk of sounding too sappy: I try to focus on being grateful that I'm conscious in this world, at this moment in time, and I get to be a witness to these little birds' lives.

American Crow. Stance is more horizontal than Raven. Eating grass or things in the grass rather than like... A carcass. Crows will let people they aren't familiar with get fairly close, Ravens are much more skittish (although TBF I've met some curious youngsters).

No prominent, scruffy throat feathers like a Raven. The upper mandible is about 1.5 x the vertical measurement of the eye, and Ravens it's comfortably 2x or more.

Size is typically a giveaway, and voice definitely is. I can't really tell the size from the photos, but for reference- Any time I've seen Ravens and Bald Eagles munching on carcasses together, Ravens are only 10-25% smaller, depending on the sex of the Eagle. Crows are about 50% smaller on average.

Lol ok I'll break it down further:

Most birders I know who also do bird photography (which is not what I'm trying to do) in the field have the lenses with focal length up to 600mm. Sigma, Canon and Nikon ones I've seen from a quick B&H search are between 1.8-2kg, or 4-4.5 pounds, just lens, no body. My camera is something like 3.3 pounds give or take.

Also this is assuming I'm not carrying another shorter lens, taking up more weight on my person in addition to binoculars, water, phone, keys, notebook, snacks if I'm going to be out a while, bug repellent wipes, first aid kit, etc. I do have a Cotton harness to help, but I still have a bad knee, and 14 pounds is 10% of my body weight that I'm adding. I'm pretty far North, and the extra clothing layers and heavier coats in the winter are another added weight. I have been thinking about "downgrading" to the P950 just to lighten the load, honestly.

Those lenses mentioned above, by themselves on the low end, cost as much as my whole camera did, about $1,100 USD. I've seen some birders with $5-12k lens.

I wanted a point-and-shoot because photography is not my hobby, birding is. I didn't want to spend my time learning and fiddling with a camera. I just want to know what the bird is, submit photos to eBird for rarities, and if I happen to get a good photo opportunity, great!

It has a birding mode, which keeps focus as it tracks the bird's movement. Any noise or movement I make could spook the bird, so the quieter and more still I am, the better. Some will come closer to you if you shut up, stand still, and aren't moving your arms too much.

You really need a 600mm lens for birding. My wife tried with a 300 and got frustrated very quickly before upgrading. Often the difference between two birds can come down to very subtle details (looking at you, sandpipers!) and most birds don't often like to be very close to humans. Or they are flying pretty high up.

I have one! I'm a birder and a small, middle aged woman with this camera. I often walk a few miles with it in all varieties of weather, and something lighter is more sustainable for me. Lifting heavy cameras over and over for hours isn't something I want to do. I'm not as concerned with getting stellar photos, I just want to be able to identify a bird by the photo if it's too far away for me to see with binoculars in the field. The zoom is often enough all I need to ID them without a photo at all. Birds are quick and sometimes plentiful, and I can easily switch from shooting a bird 20 ft away to one 2000+ ft away within about 3 seconds, no lens switching.

If I was into bird photography, I would probably want a better camera with a couple different lens lengths. But I just want to identify them, and the benefits of the smaller point and shoot fit my needs and it is significantly less expensive.

There are millions of birders in the US alone, so this market plus the other hobbies this camera works for is a surprisingly large market.

Fenty Beauty, has tons of shades in cool, warm, neutral and olive. I think 52 shades total so most everyone can be matched.

I submitted a tip to the Minnesota FBI. If anyone else wants to report: https://tips.fbi.gov/home

If you are doing IVF, they screen the embryos for many things, including for XY or XX chromosomes (to test for chromosomal abnormalities). If there is more than one viable embryo and different sexes, you can choose the sex of the embryo. You absolutely know if you are getting a boy or a girl upon transfer.

I mean, as a woman who has gone through this herself, this is exactly the answer I would give to someone I wasn't extremely close to. I don't want to divulge my PTSD to some person I barely know.

Yes and No, it's becoming more and more common for women to keep their names when married. I also know some couples that made new last names that they both took after marriage.

Also, it's been a tradition in academia to NOT change your name for decades, which is a point a lot of people are missing.

There is a correlation between higher education and women marrying at an older age. That is to say, on average, they marry later than people who don't get higher degrees, and are more likely to have their maiden name already attached to projects/diplomas that they don't want to make harder to find by changing their name.

I'd be a little surprised if the writers missed this. Whether her (maiden) last name is Casey or not might be up for debate, but I would highly doubt she would take "Scout" when they got married. Not impossible, but when I was in college, not a single women professor I knew, no matter their age, had ever changed their name. And I was in college a couple decades ago.

I prefer "wash and go" lesbian for myself.

All yellow bill (for the drakes)

https://ebird.org/map/snoowl1?env.minX=-93.096643&env.minY=46.650692&env.maxX=-91.789321&env.maxY=48.631298

This defaults to the county view, but zoom in on the Duluth area. Any red marker is a sighting within the last 30 days. Click on one to see more specific dates/ times as a list.

It is both illegal and a violation of contract. Copyright is IP protected by law. From MTI:

"When you are granted a performance license by MTI, by law, the show you license must be performed "as is." You have no right to make any changes at all unless you have obtained prior written permission from MTI to do so. Otherwise, any changes violate the authors' rights under federal and international copyright law. Without prior permission from MTI, your actions may subject you to liability – not only to the authors, but also to us – for violating federal law and for breaching the terms of your license agreement, which clearly forbids you to make any changes or deletions."

Source: https://www.mtishows.com/dos-and-donts-of-licensing

If you ever decide to list any for sale, I'd love to know!

Quickly looking at one photo:

https://preview.redd.it/vu9m6vj7o85e1.png?width=1008&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a4f677ccdf26e99b743a107b4a9e1013894a4c4

"Differs from Downy by size and proportions..." Yeah no shit.

Omg I needed this laugh so bad, thank you!

Aka Ruddy Buddies

Agreed. As a middle aged person, I've had a time or two where someone would not drop the subject. My last resort is, "I don't talk money. It's gauche." It helps to draw out the word with a very slight disgust in your voice. "Gggooohhsshh." 😒

Then ask them a completely unrelated question to snap them out. "How has your mom been? Didn't you say she was sick last month?" "Have you seen (TV show)? I'm hooked and dying to talk about with someone!"

Never had anyone try to continue talking money past that.

This may not apply for you, but I want to toss it over in case it does:

My wife had the same behavior. She had an abusive childhood where she was walking on eggshells constantly. If she wasn't a subject of rage, she was neglected. Her parents never thought about her needs, only their own. She was never empowered to make decisions or advocate for herself.

Of course this followed her into adulthood. She couldn't make decisions about where to go eat, planning a fun day, etc because she had no idea what actually made her happy. She went 30 years without anyone asking her that.

It's been a long journey with therapy, medication and a list of diagnoses, but she is doing so much better. It's a lot easier to be patient with your spouse when you know how they got there and that they are putting in the work to get out.

That's why Sia plopped a big ass wig on her head for years.