Staying on my throwaway, as my main account has too much tying me to my position.
​
I am beginning the process of setting up a Schrole and Search accounts this month, hoping to find a position for the 24-25 school year. I'm having a hard time with the work experience section, as I don't know the proper way to list the experience.
​
My experience, all at one school:
2010-present: IB DP French B and ab initial teacher (I now teach 20% of my day, but I still teach those courses)
2021-present: IB DP Coordinator (70% of my day)
2022-present: Senior Activities Coordinator (10% of my day) (in a nutshell, everything dealing with the graduating class is my responsibility. The smaller events include prom and homecoming, but I also coordinate graduation ceremony for a class of 650 students and manage all adult roles. All in all, there are over 1000 people involved)
2015-2021: IB DP TOK Teacher, CAS Coordinator, EE Coordinator, plus French B and ab initio
​
How do I list this all? Do I try to do a split position? I planned on putting one entry for the 2010-2015 years, then a second for 2015-2021, then a final for the DP Coordinator-present. Is that best?I'm hoping to get a DP Coordinator or other leadership role.
My post history will show that I'm struggling with references as my current principal gives terrible reference letters (he literally wrote a single sentence of "this employee met all expectations" for a friend this year), and I know I will be removed from any position of respect, trust, or leadership that the moment they suspect I'm leaving. I do have my associate principal's reference, so I plan on using that as well as another supervisor. I'll cross the principal bridge when I need to. He's horrible.

In Sharp Entertainemnt’s latest prod-uction, the only show with less self-control and more unrequited trauma than Gary Busey with a flamethrower, 90-Day Fiance: Before the 90-Days, we see our protagonists, introducing themselves to the world, and making a tri-, a return, will their love last, is it real, or, wait, are they talking to this person?
Amanda and Razvan
Amanda is a widow, her husband died of cancer, her children are half-orphans- and she is dating a year after losing her husband, she is fine, she is ready. Does Sharp Entertainment take Shriners Kids to bars and give them Cocaine because that’s what this, the death stuff is very sad, and the children but this.
Did Matt Sharp murder somebody, they are really trying to distract us with sympathy, you sociopath, the children's tears, I know, I know, but do you trust this, from Sharp Entertainment? I trust a raccoon in a whorehouse more than I do Sharp Entertainment eliciting sympathy.
Oh, they met on TikTok well, that, see, and he’s an actor and model, actors and models have a great track record, roll that beautiful disaster footage! Yep, they’re going to- stop beating up on a widow, I’m not, I’m beating up on the world.
Amanda goes to get a spray tan so she doesn’t get off the plane and look like a ghost, which honestly is a good idea, people kill ghosts in Romania, they are vampires. Amanda’s sister is also smart, she thinks Amanda is moving too fast and this relationship is a trainwreck, they are no Jack and Sally. She’s just trying to cover a void- she is totally being a Darcey, which makes her- where is her Florian? Is he also a wealth of wisdom and memes?
Amanda takes her two children to the park, to ignore them like Darcey, Aniko is currently climbing the trees with raccoons, her true family, mother abandoned me for two weeks, look that one is going for three, when are we going to raid a dumpster and film it for a Tiktok?
Amanda calls Ravan, and he has big romantic plans- that include shooting his music video, for his song, about her, also he did a porn, how many 90-Day Fiance Bingo categories does this cover?
Not David Murphey: Bawkawk!
Cultural Appropriation Crickets: My board needs to go to rehab.
Not David Murphey: Bawakawk!
Cultural Appropriation Crickets: Jump on that square, we need that toaster.
Signature bathtub toaster, enjoy breakfast and bathing in the most popular room- Natalie Wood commemorative life raft.
Cultural Appropriation Crickets: Come on Possessed Nespresso Machine!
Amanda buys her children some presents to bribe-
Not David Murphey: Bawkwak!
Cortney: What’s an asexual vibrator?
Amanda’s children have questions, along with the dad box which is a touching gesture but might become a meme, if it was the mom box it would be…mother boxes would be worse, trust me. Do they bring it everywhere? When they’re teenagers and, doing activities will they still have the dad box around? Serious question, I miss grandma but I don’t have a grandma box that I take into the bathroom with me, you’d be so proud of me grandpa, I had Taco Bell, I’m losing 10 pounds, so anyway how was your day?
Still dead? You’ve gotta get out more.
Gino and Jasmine
Jasmine has needs- $350 needs, $1750, Gino isn’t a gift guy but he likes sex. Which sex slave did these extensions come off of? That’s not funny, you’re right, it’s probably true. Want to know where the sparkles come from in makeup? Child labor. I’m sorry, I don’t know why I said that, I, people need to have real problems man. If Darcey enlisted in the army she would grow as a person.
Gino is going to go visit Jasmine in Panama, and show off his new clothes, and hats, and argue about sex and money. That Jasmine is spending at the doctor, for a tighter p****, did you know that Gino also has sex problems doctor? I’m going to tell the world about it! I’d like to teach Gino to c**, inside of me! This trip is their last chance, to get a pay raise, plastic surgery isn’t cheap. Is my rose chilled yet?
She’s getting drunk and doing a 90-Day Fiance review? Trust me, most people do. Most people also work, which upsets Jasmine, because she can’t talk to Gino as much, and spy on him, and hear his lies of approval, why won’t the US government let them be together?
Do they not believe in our love, or did Gino, who did the Visa Application by himself- Jasmine’s not stupid that might be it, she deserves a nice apartment, with their own bedroom, for sex, which starts a really sexy argument about fighting, and sex, and- I understand why the US Government doesn’t want them to be together.
This rose was not chilled yet, if you want to get drunk with me I am drinking Love Drunk Rose by Garage D’Or, Oregone, “When reality is better than your dreams!”, it’s quite good and very appropriate for the occasion.
Jasmine meets her totally platonic friend Dane at Coffee Max, she surprises him with the news that she’s hsi new neighbor, also, they used to date, you can’t bring enough autistic neurodivergent trans women into this to make this- might have just spoiled something for you, the violin is growing.
Jasmine and Gino’s trust issues definitely won’t- flash forwards to my favorite promo, it’ll be fine, if not, Dane and his muscular, good advice, is here, for you, in the same apartment building.
Riley and Violet
Riley is a big Jazz fan, and Elton John, also, he’s an elderly Luke Cage, who can’t dance, and is paranoid about life! Which is understandable given his history, is Elton John single? He’s very pretty, and rich. Is Riley the problem? A woman literally ran away from him.
Riley specifically downloaded a Vietnamese dating app, and found the youngest looking 43 year old woman in the world. Who is also smart, and clever, and so good Riley learned SOME Vietnamese, also, if you flip on your woman in Vietnam that means you love her, this is fine. Violet understands him.
Riley goes to help his friends with their Juneteenth celebration, where they will.
A Bless this relationship
B Sit around a campfire and sing Kumbaya
C Sell some Boombod
D Doubt this entire relationship and bring up evidence supporting their case
Did you pick D? How did you know, he’s bringing a ring, are they done doubting this, no, Violet does sound a little sus, they might- are they having food? God I love cornbread, it’s better to learn that your fiance is Evil Rose over cornbread. My grandma could die, again, but if you told me that over Honey Cake, I, I might be a sociopath, or hungry.
Tyray and Carmella
Is he playing an instrument and singing, this is his first, oh no, at least he isn’t on a boat. Tyray take care of his sick mother, his father was murdered- how many people did Matt Sharp kill? When will the tables turn on this one? Tyray is in love with Carmella, a woman who is real, whose face he has- the table just yeeted itself into a wall, yep, this, and his family doesn’t-
Satan: When did we get train tracks?
When- dodge! Ah, there it, I can’t stop looking at it, is that a car? No, that was Not David Murphey’s Taco Bell dinner- who gave him Taco Bell?
The producers also have bad news, and they tell Tyray in person, which-
Archangel Gabriel: Let me the f*** in your house!
Get off my lawn!
Archangel Gabriel: You are witnessing a miracle, one of your solar-powered lights is out.
Tyray has been messaging a man. So that’s-
Archangel Gabriel: I’m watering your flowers, you’re welcome!
This is going to be fun next week.
David and Sheila
A deaf guy, Matt Sharp is just a serial killer now, and he has multiple minimum-wage jobs? Subbed anime is really the best. Boarding school, and not being able to connect with people- is David Matt Sharp’s accomplice? There’s the music, here comes the wom- nope, it’s his ex-wah-man, here comes the new one, who is learning sign language!
What a- and he’s sending her money, which she does need, and $3,000 isn’t much, Caesar pocket change. But someone has to be suspicious.
I give this episode ⅘ stars, the highlight was Gino and Jasmine sticking to the traditional script, they’re not doing any of this sympathy bullshit, no, they, how many people did Matt Sharp murder? More representation and tragedy is coming next week, was Matt Sharp Jack the Ripper?
At least they'll start arguing next week, the one thing they’re supposed to be doing, and bangin’, that is also, sometimes it’s their job. Is that possessed Nespresso machine still up there? I never go swimming, I wouldn’t use the life raft.

Thanks for checking out my post! I am selling a good part of my collection and backup products. I am a reliable and trustedseller on reddit with lot of history. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE POOR FORMATTING - REDDIT IS BEING CHALLENGING Some rules: Free Items with purchase only, Minimum of $30 spend before shipping. Bundles take preference. Discounting:- Take $5 off every $80 spent ; $10 per $140 (before shipment fees) Shipping is $6 for USPS First Class Mail, anything that is over 12 oz will need to be mailed USPS Priority Mail. The cost of that is $8 + and varies based on your location. Please be understanding about shipping costs for heavy packages. This is not under my control.
Paypal Goods and Services add 3.49% fee. Venmo - no fee. No Paypal Friends.
Happy Shopping :)
Combine with Makeup Post here: https://www.reddit.com/makeupexchange/comments/140xyy6/sell_all_must_go_chanel_natasha_denona_gucci_ilia/
-SKINCARE ALBUM 1 https://imgur.com/a/UT4JTZE\*AVENE Cleanance SPF 50 (bought in France) New exp 2025 $20 CAUDALIE Premier Cru Serum BN $60 CLARINS Total Eye Lift New. $40 DRUNK ELEPHANT Protini Cream BN $40 DR ZENOVIA Benzoyl Peroxide 5%. New. $5 FARMACY Waterless Vitamin C used 2x $10 FRESH Black Tea Advanced Age Renewal Cream BN $40 HYLAMIDE Pore Flush 95%+ Left $10 OLE HENRIKSEN Strength Trainer Cream BN $20 PIXI Nutri Eye BN $10 PEACE OUT Repairing Moisturizer BN $15 PETER THOMAS ROTH Max Vitamin D Fense SPF 50 BN $20 SUPERGOOP Glow Setting Powder BN $20 WISHFUL Yo Glow BN $15 YENSA pink Lotus peptide cream. New. $10
​
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SKINCARE ALBUM 2 https://imgur.com/a/doHPaep DRUNK ELEPHANT Baby Facial Used once $30 DRUNK ELEPHANT Protini Powerpeptide Serum 5ml $8 FRESH Kombucha Facial Essence BN full sz $50 (heavy) ISLE OF PARADISE Mini Self Tanning Drops FREE (1 each) LANEIGE Retinol Firming Cream BN $25 $20 NEOGEN Cranberry Foam Cleanser $10 DR ZENOVIA Advanced Retinol Night Repair $20 $15 REN Limited Edition AHA Tonic. Used Once. $10 THE OUTSET Caffeine Micro Polish BN $20 SUNDAY RILEY CEO BN $45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SKINCARE ALBUM 3: https://imgur.com/a/ATUTAKv KATE SOMMERVILLE Hydrat Kate Recharging Serum BN $35 KIEHLS Ultra Facial Cream SPF 30 BN $10 KLAIRS Freshly Juiced Vitamin Drop BN $10 exp 1/2025 KOPARI Face shield spf 30 BN $15 PEACE OUT Dark Spots Serum BN $15 THE INKEY LIST Succinic Acid Treatment BN $5 STRIVECTIN Multi Action Super C Retinol, 75% left $15 SUNDAY RILEY B Nice $40 TATA HARPER Regenerating Cleanser Mini 15ml $8 YOUTH TO THE PEOPLE Superberry Dream mask BN $30 $25 (heavy) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SKINCARE ALBUM 5 https://imgur.com/a/T1Xt9AT CHANTECAILLE Eau de Rose 90% left. $30 DR DENNIS GROSS Vitamin C BN $55 FRESH Black Tea Overnight Mask 30ml. New. $20 FRESH Rose Mask 1 oz. New. $12 FRESH Black Tea Instant Perfecting Mask. 1 oz. new. $20 INNIS FREE Green Tea Seed Cream BN. $15 (heavy) KORA ORGANICS Plant Stem Cell Serum $35 MARIO BADESCU Facial Spray - $5 MARIO BADESCU Brightening Eye Serum. $10 PIXI Rose essence oil - FREE - PAULA CHOICE C5 Super Boost Cream. $20 PAULAS CHOICE Hyaluronic Acid Booster BN $20 PAULAS CHOICE 1% BHA Sensitive SKin. $25 PAULAS CHOICE Healthy Glow Invisible Sunscreen Oil. 20. THE ORDINARY HA 60ml bottle used once. $5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SKINCARE ALBUM 6 https://imgur.com/a/viZEcDb ALPHA H Balancing Cleanser, NEW. $20 $10 PAULAS CHOICE C5 Super Boost Eye Cream. $22 BANILA Clean it Zero BN $10 JOSIE MARAN Pineapple Enzyme Cleanser BN $15 heavy THE ORDINARY Salicylic Acid 60ml BN $6 THE ORDINARY Multi Peptide HA Serum BN $15 SUMMER FRIDAYS Midnight Ritual Retinol BN $35 NECESSAIRE The Body Retinol BN $25 heavy SUPERGOOP Unseen Body Sunscreen BN $25
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SKINCARE ALBUM 7 https://imgur.com/a/ZmLaI8N ALGENIST Liquid Collagen Gift Set - 10 day results kit $88 at sephora - BN $30 (heavy) BELIF Aqua Bomb 25ml LE design. $15 CLARINS Beauty Flash Peel $20 DR DENNIS GROSS Fill and Repair Serum $45 DERMALOGICA Circular Hydration Serum MIni FREE $10 PIXI Volume Infusion Sheet Mask BN FREE PIXI Collagen Tonic FREE (heavy) ST TROPEZ Self Tan Whipped Mousse and mitt, new $20 JLO Booty Balm BN $20 heavy MURAD Correct and Protect SPF 45 exp 5/24 BN $28
Combine with Makeup Post here: https://www.reddit.com/makeupexchange/comments/140xyy6/sell\_all\_must\_go\_chanel\_natasha\_denona\_gucci\_ilia/

Thanks for checking out my post! I am selling a good part of my collection and backup products. I am a reliable and trustedseller on reddit with lot of history. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE POOR FORMATTING - REDDIT IS BEING CHALLENGING
Some rules:

• Free Items with purchase only.
• Minimum of $30 spend before shipping. Bundles take preference.
• Discounting:- Take $5 off every $80 spent ; $10 per $140 (before shipment fees)
• Shipping is $6 for USPS First Class Mail, anything that is over 12 oz will need to be mailed USPS Priority Mail. The cost of that is $8 + and varies based on your location. Please be understanding about shipping costs for heavy packages. This is not under my control.
• I will only wait 2 hours for a payment before moving to NIL- Paypal Goods and Services only- I live in a pet free/ smoke-free /covid free home- if no condition is listed the item is new. Feel free to ask any ?
• Happy Shopping :)

​

• BLUSH / BRONZERS: https://imgur.com/a/wpgYiPt
• CHARLOTTE TILBURY Beautiful Skin Sun-Kissed Glow Cream Bronzer , Medium BNIB $32
• CHARLOTTE TILBURY Blush Sex on Fire BN $25 now $22
• CHANEL Blush Comete, Coral Etoile BNIB $48
• CLINIQUE Cheek Pop Trio, Warm Up. Swatched. $30
• DANESSA MYRIKS Colorfix Mattes, Latte, Swatched $8
• GLOSSIER Cloud Paint, Storm, probably 70% left. $5.
• GXVE Bronzer Contour Duo, Heat Wave. Swatched. 8.
• ILIA Liquid Blush, Before Today. 80% Left. $5
• LILAH B Bronzed Beauty, Used Twice. $20
• KOSAS Blush Duo, Velvet Melon. Used 3x $8
• KOSAS Blush Duo, 8th Muse. BNIB $10
• KULFI BEAUTY Mehndi Moment Blush, Blessed Berry BN $15
• MARC JACOBS lush and Libido used 3x. $10
• MILK Baked Bronzer, Dazed $12 BN
• PAT MCGRATH Skin Fetish Divine Blush, Nude Venus. Used Twice. $20
• PIXI Honey QUartet Quad BN $7
• PIXI On the Glow Bronze Rich Glow, New. $8.
• PIXI On the Glow Bronze Warm Glow. Swatched. $8
• SURRATT Blush La Vie En Rose $24 $20 New
• WESTMAN ATELIER Peu de Soleil. Swatched. $45

​
BLUSH / BRONZERS / HIGHLIGHT 2: https://imgur.com/a/lighqGI

• BITE Daycation Blush, Coconut Rum. Swatched. $10
• CHANTECAILLE Radiance Cheek Duo, Rose. New. LE. $85
• NUDESTIX Matte, Sunset Strip. Used 3x $8
• ROSE INC Solar Radiance Refill, Brilliance. New. $10
• PAT MCGRATH LABS Nude Venus Divine Blush and Glow Cheek Palette, Highlighter Swatched $30
• SURRATT Blush Tu Mai Face Rouger Used Once $20
• SURRATT Blush, Parfait, BN $25
• TATA HARPER Blush, Charmed. Used 2x. $10
• TAN LUXE The Face Illuminating Drops Light - Med $25
• LYS Blush - Kindness. Used 3x. $8

EYE MAKEUP: https://imgur.com/a/cxlVmdW

• BOBBI Brown Long Wear Eye Stick - Bone - used 2x $10
• BOBBI BROWN Dual Ended Cream Shadow Stick - Golden Pink / Taupe BN $20
• CHARLOTTE TILBURY Legendary Lashes Mini Mascara. $8
• COLOURPOP Zodiac Shadow, Libra, Swatched. $10
• KULFI Shadow - Bronze Brocade BN $15
• HOURGLASS Curator Invidividual Shadow: LUX. New. $20 $10
• HOURGLASS Custom Curator Palette 5 pan with 3 swatched shadows as shown $30
• KULFI Zari Eyes Eye Shadow Bronze Brocade BN $12
• NUDESTIX Rustic Grotto Mini New. $5
• PERSEPHONE Shadows - FREE JUST PAY SHIPPING
• PAT MCGRATH Eye Dolls - Rose Venus - $20
• RARE BEAUTY Discovery Palette BN $16
• URBAN DECAY Primer Potion, Eden, Swatched $10

EYE MAKEUP ALBUM 2 https://imgur.com/a/a08o8cC

• BOBBI BROWN Long Wear Gel Eyeliner Chocolate Shimmer Swatched $15
• BOBBI BROWN Dual Ended Long Wear Shadow Stick Bronze Pink / Espresso BN $15
• CHANEL Les Beiges Warm Glow. BNIB $50
• CHANEL Les 4 Ombres Spices BNIB $45
• FENTY Mascara BNIB $10
• NUDESTIX Rustic Grotto. Used Twice. $5
• GLOSSIER Play Eyeliner, Disaster Class, BNIB $25
• Lilah B, B Stunning Quad. Used 3x. $25
• NATASHA DENONA Yucca Palette. BNIB. $48
• OLAPLEX LashBond Serum. BN $35
• RMS Eyelight, Sunlight, BN $15

EYE MAKEUP ALBUM 3: https://imgur.com/a/vPqDB9Y

• FENTY True Neutrals Palette, missing light shade, other shades used 3x $5
• HOURGLASS Curator Invidividual Shadow: ACT. New. $20 $10
• RARE BEAUTY Brow Harmony Duo. Taupe. $10
• GLOSSIER Boy Brow. Blonde. Used 5x. $5
• GLOSSIER Lid Star, Cub. Used 3x. $8-----------------------------------------------------------------------

COMPLEXION PRODUCTS- Foundation/PowdeHighlightePrimer: https://imgur.com/a/miukwg3

• CHARLOTTE TILBURY Nudegasm, Swatched $95
• DIOR Face and Body Foundation, 1W, 90%+ Left. $20
• FENTY Pro Filter Soft Matte Foundation Shade 175 BNIB $2
• HUDA Concealer , Vanilla Swirl BN $15
• LAWLESS Perfecting Setting Powder, Light, BN but a scratch (came like this) $25
• KOSAS Cloud Set Powder, Comfy (has box, not shown), swatched. $20
• MILK Cheek Stick, Werk, Swatched $8
• OLE HENRIKSEN Banana Bright Stick, Banana $10
• PAT MCGRATH Concealer Shade 5. Used 5x. $10
• PAT MCGRATH Concealer Shade 6 BNIB $17
• RARE Beauty Always an Optimist Powder, Deep, New. $5
• RITUAL DE FILLE Highlighter, Solar Flare, Used Twice $12
• SURRATT Perfectioniste Corrector Palette Shade 6. New. $3
• PURLISSE BB Concealer, Fair BNIB $10
• SEPHORA Best Skin Ever concealer Swatched 17.5N $5
• TOWER 28 SOS Spray Used 3x $10
• YENSA Super Serum Silk Foundation Fair 3 BNIB 15
• YSL NEU Bare Tint Mini. Shade 5. $5

​
COMPLEXION ALBUM 2 https://imgur.com/a/d9Yb852

• BOBBI BROWN Skin Full Cover Concealer, Warm Ivory. Swatched. $10
• BY TERRY Brightening CC Serum Apricot, New. $35
• BITE Changemaker Foundation. L15. Swatched. $7
• COVERFX Concealer, Shade G1. Maybe 50% left? FREE
• CHARLOTTE TILBURY Flawless Filter Shade 2 Swatched $25
• ESTEE LAUDER Double Wear 1N1 ivory nude BNIB $25
• FENTY Matchstix Mini. Sinamon. Used 3x. $5
• GLOWISH Bright Light Concealer Fair Light Swatched $10
• IT COSMETICS Bye Bye Undereye. Light Golden. Light Use. $8
• KULFI Concealer, Rose Rush. New. $15
• MAKEUP FOREVER Mist and Fix BN $20
• MILK Future Fluid Concealer 3N. Swatched. $15 $10
• OLE HENRIKSEN Banana Bright Stick Pumpkin BN $15
• PATMCGRATH Skin Fetish Concealer L6 BNIB $17
• PAT MCGRATH Skin Fetish Under Eye Powder Light $15
• PIXI mind your own glow palette. $5
• REM BEAUTY Sweetner Concealer. Fair 6n. Swatched. $10
• 0REM BEAUTY Sweetner Concealer Light 2n. Swatched. $10
• SURRATT Concealer Shade 3 Swatched. $28
• SURRATT Surreal Skin Foundation Wand Shade 4. Used Once. $35

COMPLEXION ALBUM 3 https://imgur.com/a/8eSagXH

• ANASTASIA Pro Pencil Shade 1. Used 3x. $10
• BOBBI BROWN Skin Long-Wear W-026 Warm Ivory. BNIB. $20
• ESTEE LAUDER Futurist Hydra Rescue 1W1 Bone. Swatched. $15
• PETER THOMAS ROTH Instant Firm Primer 30ml New $25
• RARE BEAUTY Positive Light Tinted Moisturizer 20W swatched $18 $15
• GIVENCHY Prism Libre Matte W245 Used 4x, pump is finicky but works fine $20
• GUCCI Luminous Matte 5ml Mini. Shade 220W. $8
• GUCCI Luminous Matte Foundation 160N BNIB $45
• HOURGLASS Veil Powder FS BN. $30
• ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint Shade 4. Exp 5/24. $30
• ROSE INC Softlight Concealer LX030 Swatched $15 $10
• ROSE INC Softlight Concealer LX040 Swatched $15 $10
• ROSE INC Skin Luminious Tinted Serum 040 used 3x $25
• ROSE INC Sunscreen Mini. 5.
• SHISEIDO Synchro Skin Radiant Lifting Foundation 160 Lace. Swatched. $22
• SUPERGOOP Glow Setting Powder. BNIB $20
• ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

LIPS; https://imgur.com/a/Ir0bAoy

• JONES ROAD Golden Shimmer Cool Gloss $10
• KAJA Balmy Bento 01. $10
• RMS BEAUTY Flirtation of Color Lip Palette New $20

LIPS ALBUM 2: https://imgur.com/a/5MdNdDY

• CHARLOTTE TILBURY Collagen Lip Bath BNIB Refresh Rose. $20
• GXVE Mini Lipstick, Original. $5
• GXVE Lightweight Longwear Matte Lipstick, Tomboy. BN $10
• MILK Lipstick, CREAM. Light use. FREE
• RARE Beauty Lip Liner, Fun, Used once. $9

​
VARIOUS: Brushes / Hair / Body Care https://imgur.com/a/Ti3AHAP

• CHARLOTTE TILBURY Eye Blender Brush $10
• NECESSAIRE The Body Cream BN $20 (heavy)
• PAT MCGRATH Concealer Brush. New. $15
• SEPHORA PRO #45 brush $10
• SURRATT Sculpting Brush, new. $65 now $55
• SURRATT Artistique Foundation Brush, New. $60 now $50
• SURRATT Artistique Concealer Brush Grande New $35 now $30
• ST TROPEZ Luxe Tan Tonic Drops $25
• ST TROPEZ Luxe Body Serum $20 (heavy)

HAIR ALBUM 2: https://imgur.com/a/XOUqehv

• AMIKA Water Sign Hydrating Hair Oil $17 $15
• DAE Monsoon Moisture Shampoo $10 heavy
• GISOU Honey Infused Hair Mask 75ml BN $15
• VEGAMOUR Hydr-8 Deep Moisture Repair Mask BN $30 heavy
• VEGAMOUR GRO Serum BN $35

FRAGRANCE ETC https://imgur.com/a/PqiIhwF

• DIPTYQUE Dancing Ovals LE Roses Candle. NEW $100
• DIPTYQUE Kyoto EDT - Sprayed 3x. LE. $250
• DIPTYQUE Do Son Eau de Parfum 100ml - 95% left $150
• DIPTYQUE Do Son EDT 3.4 oz LE blue Bottle. $110
• HENRY ROSE Queens and Monsters. BN. $75
• NEST Grapefruit Mini Candle $5

​
-SKINCARE ALBUM 1 https://imgur.com/a/UT4JTZE*AVENE

• Cleanance SPF 50 (bought in France) New exp 2025 $20
• CAUDALIE Premier Cru Serum BN $60
• CLARINS Total Eye Lift New. $40
• DRUNK ELEPHANT Protini Cream BN $40
• DR ZENOVIA Benzoyl Peroxide 5%. New. $5
• FARMACY Waterless Vitamin C used 2x $10
• FRESH Black Tea Advanced Age Renewal Cream BN $40
• HYLAMIDE Pore Flush 95%+ Left $10
• OLE HENRIKSEN Strength Trainer Cream BN $20
• PIXI Nutri Eye BN $10
• PEACE OUT Repairing Moisturizer BN $15
• PETER THOMAS ROTH Max Vitamin D Fense SPF 50 BN $20
• SUPERGOOP Glow Setting Powder BN $20
• WISHFUL Yo Glow BN $15
• YENSA pink Lotus peptide cream. New. $10

SKINCARE ALBUM 2 https://imgur.com/a/doHPaep

• DRUNK ELEPHANT Baby Facial Used once $30
• DRUNK ELEPHANT Protini Powerpeptide Serum 5ml $8
• FRESH Kombucha Facial Essence BN full sz $50 (heavy)
• ISLE OF PARADISE Mini Self Tanning Drops FREE (1 each)
• LANEIGE Retinol Firming Cream BN $25 $20
• NEOGEN Cranberry Foam Cleanser $10
• DR ZENOVIA Advanced Retinol Night Repair $20 $15
• REN Limited Edition AHA Tonic. Used Once. $10
• THE OUTSET Caffeine Micro Polish BN $20
• SUNDAY RILEY CEO BN $45
• ​

SKINCARE ALBUM 3: https://imgur.com/a/ATUTAKv

• KATE SOMMERVILLE Hydrat Kate Recharging Serum BN $35
• KIEHLS Ultra Facial Cream SPF 30 BN $10
• KLAIRS Freshly Juiced Vitamin Drop BN $10 exp 1/2025
• KOPARI Face shield spf 30 BN $15
• PEACE OUT Dark Spots Serum BN $15
• THE INKEY LIST Succinic Acid Treatment BN $5
• STRIVECTIN Multi Action Super C Retinol, 75% left $15
• SUNDAY RILEY B Nice $40
• TATA HARPER Regenerating Cleanser Mini 15ml $8
• YOUTH TO THE PEOPLE Superberry Dream mask BN $30 $25 (heavy)
• ​

SKINCARE ALBUM 5 https://imgur.com/a/T1Xt9AT

• CHANTECAILLE Eau de Rose 90% left. $30
• DR DENNIS GROSS Vitamin C BN $55
• FRESH Black Tea Overnight Mask 30ml. New. $20
• FRESH Rose Mask 1 oz. New. $12
• FRESH Black Tea Instant Perfecting Mask. 1 oz. new. $20
• INNIS FREE Green Tea Seed Cream BN. $15 (heavy)
• KORA ORGANICS Plant Stem Cell Serum $35
• MARIO BADESCU Facial Spray - $5
• MARIO BADESCU Brightening Eye Serum. $10
• PIXI Rose essence oil - FREE
• - PAULA CHOICE C5 Super Boost Cream. $20
• PAULAS CHOICE Hyaluronic Acid Booster BN $20
• PAULAS CHOICE 1% BHA Sensitive SKin. $25
• PAULAS CHOICE Healthy Glow Invisible Sunscreen Oil. 20.
• THE ORDINARY HA 60ml bottle used once. $5
• ​

SKINCARE ALBUM 6 https://imgur.com/a/viZEcDb
ALPHA H Balancing Cleanser, NEW. $20 $10

• PAULAS CHOICE C5 Super Boost Eye Cream. $22
• BANILA Clean it Zero BN $10
• JOSIE MARAN Pineapple Enzyme Cleanser BN $15 heavy
• THE ORDINARY Salicylic Acid 60ml BN $6
• THE ORDINARY Multi Peptide HA Serum BN $15
• SUMMER FRIDAYS Midnight Ritual Retinol BN $35
• NECESSAIRE The Body Retinol BN $25 heavy
• SUPERGOOP Unseen Body Sunscreen BN $25

SKINCARE ALBUM 7 https://imgur.com/a/ZmLaI8N

• ALGENIST Liquid Collagen Gift Set - 10 day results kit $88 at sephora - BN $30 (heavy)
• BELIF Aqua Bomb 25ml LE design. $15
• CLARINS Beauty Flash Peel $20
• DR DENNIS GROSS Fill and Repair Serum $45
• DERMALOGICA Circular Hydration Serum MIni FREE $10
• PIXI Volume Infusion Sheet Mask BN FREE
• PIXI Collagen Tonic FREE (heavy)
• ST TROPEZ Self Tan Whipped Mousse and mitt, new $20
• JLO Booty Balm BN $20 heavy
• MURAD Correct and Protect SPF 45 exp 5/24 BN $28
• ​

Intro
First of all I would like to say I played all the blizzard games and that they were a big part of my early teen years. Diablo 2 was the greatest of all time to me (possibly still is). Diablo 2 resurrected was fun and exciting for me but it quickly became boring and repetitive once the nostalgia wore off. The only other game that has kept me coming back for more is Path of Exile. For 9 years now and it definitely has its issues but it truly feels the best it’s ever been. So when I heard about Diablo 4 my first thought was, it’s about time. I felt blizzard had to have learned a lot from the success of POE and the mistakes that were made with Diablo 3 so I pre purchased the game for $89.99 to get early access. I played both beta weekends, started with the sorcerer and played all the classes by the second weekend and it left me having doubts. Now that we are 2 days in with early access here are my final thoughts/Takes.
I started with the necromancer this time. I had are hard time choosing, I think It's because none of the charaters stood out to me and the class controversy surrounding them had me questioning.
The Good
The game looks and feels great, Dare I say better then POE. The sound and music are good. The voice acting and cut scenes are the best. Boss fights in general are way better then I was expecting. I know this isn't a lot to say about whats good with the game. There is a reason for that I will explain.
The Bad
The skill tree is too linear and really most of the skills we have seen before. Skeletons?, Chain lighting?, were-bear form? Ok I guess, I just wanted to feel something more fresh. All the rogue skills feel the same (although I won't pretend to be the expert with that I didn't play rogue much). Overall the classes and skills are disappointing. The way items and monsters scale in this game is very concerning to me. Ultimately I felt the same power level from 1 to 30, which is were I'm at currently at with the necromancer. The monetization in this game is bad. There is just about ever type you can possibly have in this game. I just have to say I can see future paragon boards for sale, I know it may be too soon to say but at a minimum of $69.99, knowing for fact future expansions will also cost money, and having a cash shop is more towards the dark side IMO. The QOL that is held back in the game like a map overlay is puzzling to me but maybe not when you consider the pervious sentences.
The Middle
Here is were I explain for the lack of "Good" in this game. The middle contains things that aren't really bad they just aren't good either. Potions have the potential to shine although it’s concerning to be able to craft xp boost ones (who is that for? To make us play longer?). Open world wasn’t really open like I thought or hoped for because to me you have to go through the story no matter what at least the first time. On top of that the narrow walkways are constant in this game which make different areas feel same. Copy and paste sprinkle a different mob.
In closing
I want to like Diablo 4 and I hope it dose well. I have stopped playing it for now. I feel this game is overall a dull expirence and I just can’t see playing it when I already have the time invested into a already established game like Path of exile. I also can’t shake the feeling that one of two things are going on with Diablo 4.
1= the devs have so much held back, like the QOL, that they already have ready for future expansions/ seasons to make money, to time gate, to get you to play longer.
2= none of what I said in one is true and they just built a great foundation for a game they want to build on for years to come.
Which do you believe? Are you a 1 or 2? What are some of your opinions?
Thanks for reading gamers.

ATP Singles

Jarry vs Ruud :

If you watched Geneva last week, you saw the scariest version of Nicolas Jarry that the tour has ever seen. He’s always been a dominant server, but his baseline game seems to have become consistent out of nowhere. That consistency hasn’t come at the expense of his aggressive shot selection either. Somehow, Jarry is ballin and it is a welcome sight.
At the same time that Jarry leveled up, Casper Ruud began finding his form again. He’s been such a consistent performer at times that when he loses, the whole conversation is about him. It all started with a lopsided loss to Shelton in Cincinnati last season. We now see that this is not so bad. He’s lost as a favorite against Daniel, Arnaldi, Struff, and Garin. These losses may seem like issues, but I think it’s just very difficult to maintain a high level on tour. Burnout is real, and we don’t always know the physical condition and motivation of the players. It’s a bit out of character for Ruud, because he has always taken a very professional approach to matches, but as he gets a few major finals and a number of 250 titles under his belt, the pressure of expectations fades. If he never wins another match, his legacy as top player on tour is already cemented. At this point, it’s entirely feasible that his team is looking to peak at the majors, since that would be the last big feather in his cap.
Ruud is playing near his best tennis this week, despite dropping a few sets on the way here. Zhizhen Zhang has become a mainstay on tour which is a pretty great transition from the Challenger level, but him winning a set against Ruud isn’t cause for alarm bells for me. Zhang has a very powerful serve and goes huge on his groundstrokes, so at times he’s just going to be unplayable, and more importantly he’s the type of opponent who is more dangerous on a big point. Jarry is going to bring a similar level of pressure and risk, and after winning in three heroic sets in Geneva he’ll be feeling confident here.
The market for this one opened with Ruud at -214, and it has gone all the way down to -173. I disagree. These are slower conditions, Jarry has played a lot of tennis in the past few weeks, and Ruud is playing well behind his forehand. Jarry’s backhand is more dangerous here, but it feels like a spot where he is even at best. Just considering that Ruud has been given a ton of footage to review with his team makes me think he might return a bit better, and the slower conditions mean the rapid fire baseline rallies they exchanged in Geneva (ultra fast conditions for clay) will be a bit more subdued. We’ve all seen these conditions lend the more stable player an edge as matches drag on, and I think that will be the case here. Jarry’s serve and power can’t be dismissed in straight sets, but I think that this will be an extreme physical test and that Ruud’s ability to create off his forehand will be very useful once both players are tired. Ruud in 5.

Rune vs Cerundolo :

Rune had a simple match against a very similar but weaker player, and he made it look easy. Olivieri couldn’t really get anything going, and Rune was able to remain neutral in rallies until he got a full swing. Once he did, it was usually only 2-3 shots before the point was over. Him being so technically sound makes it really hard for players without a big offense to beat him. It just becomes a matter of whether Rune will put in the work, and his strength and conditioning are very good, and his energy levels are Space Jam stuff at times. Here he has a difficult task, but one I think he can handle. These two met in 2019, with Cerundolo winning in straights. They are two entirely different players now though, and it’s Rune who looks much sharper now.
Cerundolo had a tough test in Taylor Fritz, but I thought fatigue would be the way he lost. He seemed fresh throughout, and that made life very difficult on Fritz. I don’t love Taylor’s demeanor on court when he’s losing, he’s very emotive and complains about the conditions and bad bounces and overall it just gives a lot of belief to an opponent. If you are easily moved by emotions, it’s better to sort of hold it together until it bubbles over. One, because it will gradually let you practice not being so reactive. Two, because a real big rageout scream or racquet smash can change momentum and rattle an opponent. It’s not classy, but when you’re already losing, anything that changes the feel of the match in the court has potential to help. Whining does very little, and the crowd in Paris is not a big fan of that at all. The crowd was fairly respectful, and Fritz’s shushing from his match against Rinderknech did not seem to be an issue with them. McEnroe remarked that most of the fans were probably unfamiliar with Fritz, which is actually absurd, but standard.
The Tennis Channel team does not seem to actively follow the tour, and their view of things is almost always a bit reductive and puzzling. McEnroe also did not seem to know that they had changed the balls this year, and honestly I wind up muting tennis audio far too often because of announcers. It makes it really refreshing actually to hear Gil Gross working a match. Is this an article about Gil Gross? Maybe. Gross seems like a kid who would insist on telling me that baby carrots are actually made from full-sized carrots, but the effort he puts into analyzing tennis and respecting the game is much appreciated. He actually was mid-sentence and said “and I’ll hold that thought because play is about to resume.” What? Unheard of. Announcers not talking over the rallies? Announcers not telling us exactly what we just saw? Announcers teaching us about tennis technique and matchup issues? Announcers not … talking … with weird pauses … because they think … that’s what announcers do? Announcers not leaving out half their sentences because they think we’re listening along to their internal monologue? Announcers who are familiar with the players on tour outside the top 100? Wow. Just wow. Anyway, Gil seems like he’d be fun to do a puzzle with, and I’m glad that he’s getting somewhere in the tennis world because he really seems like a fan of the game.
I don’t think Cerundolo can win this match. Against Fritz, he dominated things behind his dropshot and forehand. Fritz moves forward poorly on clay, something I honestly didn’t realize. He won nearly no rallies where Cerundolo used it. At the same time, he couldn’t get to Cerundolo’s forehand, so what was he covering? The reason he fell victim to both these balls is because he had zero variation on his backhand. Usually when I’m griping about Fritz, I exaggerate a bit, but I don’t think I saw him hit one backhand up the line during a neutral rally. He just kept trying to infuse a little bit of depth and height cross-court, but it became predictable very early on. The backhand up the line is bad because it opens up the cross-court forehand for Cerundolo, but you still have to hit it a good enough chunk of the time to keep your opponent from camping in the backhand corner, which is what Francisco did for the entire match. This just won’t be an option against Rune, because he has a way better backhand than Fritz, and because he has the speed to run down dropshots. He’s also a clay specialist in terms of his background, so he’ll be comfortable in long rallies where Taylor wasn’t.
I think Cerundolo is the Fritz in this matchup, because he has a ton of power but I think he has to look to score all his own points. Rune is fresh, and won’t give him many unforced errors. This should be a very close match in terms of the scoreline, but I think Rune’s speed and stability get him through here. Rune in 4.

Etcheverry vs Nishioka :

Nishioka and Seyboth Wild put on a great show. The Brazilian phenom ran out of gas, but he really gave us a ton of excitement in the first week of this event. For Yoshihito, these points are incredibly useful. He doesn’t have many clay points from last season at all, so this gives him a good chance to improve his ranking in the hardcourt season where he’s sure to win a handful of matches in the hot conditions. I usually find myself talking about what a great result people are having once their tournament is over, and I do think this is Nishioka’s last round. He’s been winning by outlasting his opponent, and there does not seem to be an end to Etcheverry. Coric and Etcheverry were expected to play an exhausting contest, and they did. The difference in power was clear from the start though. Etcheverry plays like a baseliner but he’s 6‘5” and he is really crushing the ball at this tournament. Coric hung tough, but he just couldn’t get a ball by him.
Etcheverry will need to be patient in this match, but I think he can break down Nishioka’s forehand. The loopy returns work well against shorter players, but Etcheverry should be able to lean into them since he’s a bit taller. His edge on serving is also huge, his delivery was a big key in keeping him fresh while Coric struggled to hold serve without putting in a ton of work. Nishioka is crushing his backhand, and that flat pace could prove a bit tough for the taller player, but I don’t see it winning him the match. Overall, I just think these guys have been competing in two different weight classes thus far, and Etcheverry is the pick. Etcheverry in 3-4.

Dimitrov vs Zverev :

Dimitrov is the ultimate trickster. Just when we think he’s too injury prone or too Dimitrov to be a threat on tour, he breaks out his best tennis. He’s been lights out this week, dismissing contenders in good form in a way that throughout most of his career he has never done. This is probably his best chance to beat Zverev, but the last 3 matches have gone Zverev’s way. If I had to guess, it’s because Zverev’s backhand is so stable. He doesn’t really go for a lot with it most of the time, and that means against Dimitrov’s slice he’s completely safe. If we eliminate danger on one wing entirely, then it’s forehands and serves. Zverev’s serve has double fault issues, and his location is poor, but he has a ton of power and returning it is easier said than done. Dimitrov has a huge edge on the forehand here, and he’s using that remarkably well this week.
It’s hard to watch Zverev play and think he’s going to beat Dimitrov. Him and Tiafoe played a solid match, and Tiafoe is a great player, but it wasn’t high quality stuff. The rallies seemed slow, both players seemed to be concentrating (and unfortunately not concentrating) on technique and on hitting the court. The wind and slower conditions just made the game seem slow, and I think the pace ended up frustrating Tiafoe into errors. Dimitrov has the ability to infuse pace off both wings and he’s been doing so this week. It’s the sort of match that I think Zverev is at risk of becoming frozen in. If Dimitrov can get the first set, I think he can win. Grigor has proven to be a dangerous frontrunner this week, and Zverev can get a little deer-in-the-headlights if he’s behind in the scoreline or if his serve isn’t working. I do think Zverev has been a bit more aggressive since his return from injury, so this should be pretty even in my eyes. In classic Dimitrov prankster style though, he has me thinking he’s going to win. Dimitrov in 4-5.

WTA Singles

Swiatek vs Tsurenko :

Ok Iga. I see that you are reading these. After predicting that Wang’s power and offense would get her 6 games, Swiatek chose to deny her a single game. I don’t think I’ve seen this type of blowout tennis ever. 0 games, to someone who beat a solid mid-tier tour player in Peterson. It makes my job easy here, because who can possible beat Swiatek? Rybakina is out of the tournament, everyone else is having to work extremely hard to win their matches, and Swiatek is going to be completely fresh for the quarterfinals. She has a tricky opponent here, because Tsurenko has beaten Krejcikova and Andreescu, but what does it matter? We are left wondering how many games Tsurenko can win, and if we have time to make a sammich and still make it back in time to catch the first set.
Tsurenko is very solid, and moves the ball well. Picture an Alize Cornet with a little more power and a bit less physicality. She’ll be a good opponent for Swiatek because there’ll be fewer unforced errors than Wang made, but it feels like Swiatek is not going to lose to her own errors and Tsurenko can’t serve well enough to hold onto any leads she may get. Swiatek in 2, with Tsurenko winning 4-5 games.

Sorribes Tormo vs Haddad Maia :

Puzzling line on this one as Sorribes Tormo is at just +120 for the match. I expected something more like +160. SST has been given a walkover after Rybakina withdrew with an illness. Haddad Maia had to play an extra match and it was a war with Alexandrova that she barely won, but I think she’s more well equipped to score in this matchup. Tormo has every shot in the book, and will extend rallies, but her serve isn’t as strong as Haddad Maia’s, and she doesn’t really hit the ball hard enough to get through the court. I’m guessing I don’t see something here, as SST has won the last few matches between the pair, and they’re ranked 120 spots apart so there’s a matchup issue I’m not seeing. Very hesitant to go with my gut on this one, but Haddad Maia has the defensive ability to hang even with Sorribes Tormo, and I think her forehand will give her the ability to create as the match drags on. Haddad Maia in 3.

Schmiedlova vs Gauff :

There have been a lot of matches this week where things were decided early. Both players seem very willing to engage in extended baseline rallies in the early going, but as one player proves slightly more resilient, their opponents have slowly deviated into trying to generate offense on more and more shots. This might be a decent plan B on hardcourt, but it’s near impossible on clay. If you could just smoke the ball and create angles and hit through the court, you’d be doing it as plan A, and you’d be a top 5 player. As it happened today, Kayla Day turned towards forcing things a bit. Schmiedlova was very steady to start the match and she hits a bit bigger than Day, so it wasn’t the worst choice, but it resulted in the scoreline getting out of hand quickly. In the second, Day made some progress and broke back a few times, but she couldn’t get ahead in rallies and that makes holding serve in the WTA very difficult because almost everyone on tour is tremendous returner.
Gauff had a ridiculously tough test in round one. Mirra Andreeva is so technically sound at such a young age. She really was slightly better in the first set because of it. Gauff made a few neutral ball errors that Andreeva just didn’t. It was clear though that Gauff was the bigger hitter. After winning the first in a thrilling tiebreak, Gauff was a bit looser. Having the pressure of the lead gone can be tough, but it also lets you swing freer. It became clear that Andreeva couldn’t hit through Gauff, and the match became a lopsided affair. This is the big hallmark of Gauff’s game, improving as the match goes on. Her training is great to be so strong physically, and her backhand, when she lets it fly, is a laser. If you let the ball get above her elbow height, she’s likely to just hit a clean winner. This next match is tricky because it’ll take a long time, but Gauff should be slightly stronger again. Schmiedlova has been playing solid tennis but she’s been the bigger hitter in most of the matches, and here it’s even. Expecting Gauff to win in two close sets.

Pera vs Jabeur :

This is a career changing run from Bernarda Pera. The clay ELO is proving accurate here, as she was able to outlast Elisabetta Cocciaretto in a wildly thrilling match. In the end, she was just a little more able to win short points, and her forehand cross is proving to be a big weapon when she’s on her game. It’s a big ask for her to beat Jabeur with that shot, especially since Ons has just gotten some invaluable training against another lefty. Olga Danilovic managed to push things to a third, but the problem with winning behind a big offense on clay becomes clear in a third. Jabeur has a ton of power and experience, and she’s fairing well this week. I do think that if Danilovic can win a set, Pera should be able to, but thus far Pera has been the bigger hitter in her matches and I’m curious to see how she trades power with Jabeur. She’ll have a bit of confidence at least, since she won their previous hardcourt meeting (too many seasons ago to be completely relevant) in straight sets. I just think Jabeur will be able to rush Pera and it will make all the difference. Jabeur in 2.

A father petitioned for custody of his child. The child was in danger in mom's custody, the authorities were aware of this danger, but they denied dad's petition for custody. The child later died in mom's custody.
Here is my response in the hopes that it will help families who face injustices, and in the hopes that it will help parents to protect their children from child abuse.
I'm not an attorney and this is not legal advice.
You wrote about a father who wanted custody of his child, the child was in danger in mom's custody, the authorities were aware of this danger, and denied dad custody. The child later died in mom's custody. (Anonymized)
Judges often have judicial immunity for their decisions.

JUDICIAL IMMUNITY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE JUDGES, TRADITIONAL QUASI-JUDICIAL INDIVIDUALS, AND SOME COURT-RELATED PERSONNEL, SUCH AS COURT CLERKS AND COURT REPORTERS
VARIOUS TYPES OF ACTS ARE NO LONGER RECOGNIZED AS JUDICIAL CONDUCT WITHIN THE PROTECTION OF IMMUNITY: (1) ACTS SHOWING LACK OF GOOD FAITH; (2) ACTS CRIMINAL IN NATURE; (3) ACTS IN ABSENCE OF AUTHORITY OR IN EXCESS OF JURISDICTION; AND (4) ACTS OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE OR MINISTERIAL NATURE.
OVERVIEW OF JUDICIAL IMMUNITY US Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/overview-judicial-immunity

It is often the case that judges rely on Title IV-D funded child support agency to exercise judicial authority to make custody recommendations. (They sometimes literally give the agencies rubber stamps and allow them to make orders).
Sometimes these agencies focus on their own financial interests or have sexist biases which can impact their recommendations and decisions.
Carol Rhodes is a whistleblower to described such wrongdoings:

Carol Rhodes Former FOC Enforcement Officer Former Enforcement Officer and Investigator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M7cEi61W24

If dad was denied custody because of financial conflicts of interests or sexism:
Possible failure to respect:

"There is a fundamental right under the Fourteenth Amendment for a parent to oversee the care, custody, and control of a child."
Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/530/57/
"protection of civil rights".
"use of the reasonable and prudent parenting standard"
42 U.S. Code § 671
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/671

Possible cause for a federal civil rights action under:

42 U.S. Code § 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1983

US courts provide forms:

Complaint for Violation of Civil Rights (Non-Prisoner)
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms/pro-se-forms/complaint-violation-civil-rights-non-prisoner

Making child custody recommendations using these biases rather than the factors mandated by law knowingly or through negligence may be possible:

Fraud
Fraud is both a civil tort and criminal wrong.
In civil litigation, allegations of fraud might be based on a misrepresentation of fact that was either intentional or negligent. For a statement to be an intentional misrepresentation, the person who made it must either have known the statement was false or been as to its truth. The speaker must have also intended that the person to whom the statement was made would rely on it. The hearer must then have reasonably relied on the promise and also been harmed because of that reliance.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fraud

Intentionally endangering the life of a child through fraud may be depraved indifference.

To constitute depraved indifference, the defendant's conduct must be 'so wanton, so deficient in a moral sense of concern, so lacking in regard for the life or lives of others, and so blameworthy as to warrant the same criminal liability as that which the law imposes upon a person who intentionally causes a crime.
https://definitions.uslegal.com/d/depraved-indifference/

Fraud or other felonies which cause the death of victim may be:

As of August 2008, 46 states in the United States had a felony murder rule,[18] under which felony murder is generally first-degree murder. In 24 of those states, it is a capital offense.[19] When the government seeks to impose the death penalty on someone convicted of felony murder, the Eighth Amendment has been interpreted so as to impose additional limitations on the state power. The death penalty may not be imposed if the defendant is merely a minor participant and did not actually kill or intend to kill. However, the death penalty may be imposed if the defendant is a major participant in the underlying felony and exhibits extreme indifference to human life.[20]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_murder_rule#United_States

Please note there is no statue of limitations on the crime of felony murder.
A social worker worker who may have knowingly or negligently manufactured a false child custody recommendation may be abusing that child. In so doing they are failing to report their own abuse, or if they are aware of it, the abuse of their coworkers, a crime.

A person who, while engaged in a professional capacity or activity described in subsection (b) of section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 on Federal land or in a federally operated (or contracted) facility, or a covered individual as described in subsection (a)(2) of such section 226 who, learns of facts that give reason to suspect that a child has suffered an incident of child abuse, as defined in subsection (c) of that section, and fails to make a timely report as required by subsection (a) of that section, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year or both.
18 U.S. Code § 2258.Failure to report child abuse
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2258

The United States pays for the child support agencies under Title IV-D and that law requires protection of civil rights, including the rights of parents. Denying them those rights to get more federal funds is possibly defrauding the United States:

If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
18 U.S. Code § 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/371

If they are knowingly or negligently defrauding the public and the United States, it is also possible honest services fraud:

For the purposes of this chapter, the term “scheme or artifice to defraud” includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.
18 U.S. Code § 1346.Definition of “scheme or artifice to defraud”
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1346
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honest_services_fraud

Possible criminal conspiracy against rights:

"If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same; or"
18 U.S. Code § 241.Conspiracy against rights
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/241

Other possible federal crimes.
State child support, parenting time, and child protection, and elder abuse are all primarily funded under federal law Title IV-D and Title IV-E. Consider filing complaints.

HHS Office of Inspector General
Phone. 1-800-HHS-TIPS (1-800-447-8477)
https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud/contact.asp
HHS Office of Civil Rights
https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/filing-a-complaint/index.html

Department of Justice Civil Rights

The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, created in 1957 by the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, works to uphold the civil and constitutional rights of all Americans, particularly some of the most vulnerable members of our society. The Division enforces federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, disability, religion, familial status and national origin.
https://www.justice.gov/crt

Anyone may report federal crimes to the FBI.

(202)324-3000
http://tips.fbi.gov/

Possible basis of a class action lawsuit for similar situated people:

WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF CLASS-ACTION LAWSUITS?
There are many cases and issues that can be brought as class-action lawsuits. Often, class actions fall into one of the following categories:
...

All parents who pary for any services, including recommendation services, parenting classes, etc which are offered under the deceptive pretext of allowing a parent worried about their abused child to enable them to have more time or custody with them in order to protect them, could form a class action lawsuit.

Consumer: These class actions hold accountable business entities who engage in systematic and fraudulent or illegal business practices that scam or harm the consumer. Examples include antitrust cases like price-fixing, market allocation agreements and monopolistic schemes.

All individuals denied employment, promotion, or who simply quits in disgust because their moral beliefs prevent them from participating in any deceptive acts or crimes could form a class action lawsuit.

Employment: Employees who have been discriminated against, employees with immigrant worker issues, workers who have hour and wage issues and employees who have on-the-job injuries or suffer because of employer safety violations can bring class-action lawsuits against employers.
https://www.hbsslaw.com/about/what-is-a-class-action-lawsuit

All parents and children who suffer as a consequence of deceptive acts or crimes could form a class action lawsuit:

CIVIL RIGHTS CLASS ACTIONS:
A SINGULARLY EFFECTIVE TOOL TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATION
For over 50 years, class actions have been among the most powerful tools to secure civil rights in America. Brown v. Board of Education, 1 which outlawed school segregation and set the stage for the entire civil rights movement, was a class action lawsuit. More recent examples include the case portrayed in the Hollywood movie “North Country,” based on the case Jenson v. Eveleth Mines and considered to be the first sexual harassment class action lawsuit.
CENTER FOR JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY
https://centerjd.org/system/files/CivilRightsClassActionsF.pdf

I wish you the best of luck in your search for justice.

15:14 HT, 28 dic. ca. 2100. —-----------------------------------------------------------------
A massive booming noise propagated through the facility, jolting the unfortunate members of various species off their beds, the lucky ones were those that didn't wake up fast enough to realize what was happening, and in a flash of light, it was all over.
Gone.
A prolific mining-research orbital station simply gone, in the blink of an eye, taking with it tons of expensive first-class equipment, reports detailing important findings, but most of all the oh-so-precious skilled workforce of the Collected that resided within the station.
Such accidents were not uncommon in the Larks' Domains, but they seldom involved sentient lives, and the Larks, despite being a species centuries old, never got used to the shock.
That was going to cause quite the ruckus back at home. —----------------------------------------------------------------
After having sent reparations and condolences to the victims' families, a meeting was decreed between all heads of the Conglomerates -no fancy speeches or debates required- a unanimous agreement was soon reached: a new Great Search was necessary to replace the 4.000 or so life forms that were tragically lost on that day.
Great Searches always were nothing short of an undertaking, requiring the cooperation of multiple Conglomerates; they involved scouting the universe for alien species suitable mainly for physical work, and, most importantly, ones that had a numerous enough population. Once that species had been located, the Larks would make first contact, establish diplomatic relations, and eventually issue a request for some Collected.
This evolutionary mechanism allowed the Larks to survive and thrive, first as the dominant race in the confines of their home world, where Collected were gathered in a much more…brutal manner, and then, having mostly abandoned their violent past, as rulers of numerous lands and seas throughout the Galaxy, organized in decentralized Conglomerates. —-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Two Collected from the Jawaii accompanied the young Lark to the Marshal's chamber.
If he didn't know who he was about to meet he would have never guessed the mansion he was walking through was one of a soldier, and a renowned one at that; neatly decorated halls with intricate floral patterns that filled the place, carpets and curtains he guessed were made from the finest cloth, and plenty of religious iconography all made him question if he was truly in the home of a military man or a philosopher. He had one confirmation though: the two towering Collected soldiers walking beside him, carrying old-school, but nonetheless efficient rifles, and, most annoyingly to him, being quite invasive of his personal space.
He had faced the Jawaii in battle before, they were fierce, agile, and could even survive a bullet or two shot at their limbs; one had almost torn his head off at the time. They were the ones the very same Marshal he was going to shake hooks with used to break through his contingent's flanks during the latest war between their respective Conglomerates; if the Marshal's intention was to rub this victory in his face, he was doing a fantastic job at it.
He had an idea of why he was summoned here by a historic enemy of his Conglomerate, and he surely didn't like the thought of working with someone whom he fought valiantly against just a few years prior, but the irony of it all somehow managed to calm his nerves down a little.
One of the two Collected spoke up:
“Tactician, sir, please stand in front of the speaker and await the approval of the Marshal."
There was such a polite tone in his voice that he could almost forget one of them had nearly killed him some 5 years ago.
“Thank you, soldier." He answered.
After a while, a raspy voice was heard through the receiver, the Lark could barely make out the words "Come in."
—-----------------------------------------------------------------
The Marshal was an odd character to say the least. A white warrior cloak full of writing detailing his victories completely covered his body (a tradition of Lark veterans long fallen into disuse), and resting on his hooks were small branches of Arpa, symbol of pride and honor of his Conglomerate. He was putting on quite the show for this young Tactician.
“Please, have a seat.” he mumbled.
To say he sounded drunk is an understatement.
"The United Council has apparently decreed that we soldiers still have our uses huh…"
The Tactician wasn't sure if the Marshal was talking to himself or not, since it almost sounded as if he was whispering.
“Those fiends have the guts to trample on our traditions as they please…stripping us of…of our divine-given rights as veterans…and then they come back running to us when they have an inconvenience…"
It sounded like the Marshal wasn't happy with the recent general demilitarization acts of the council.
"I'm sure you've heard of the accident in sector-B of the Pontus Conglomerate, Tactician" -He was finally sure the Marshal was talking to him- " we have been assigned the mission of conducting the Great Search together and bringing home the new Collected we'll gather as soon as it is possible. I hope our past differences won't pose a threat to our goal."
The Tactician was puzzled at how the Marshal went from vague mumbling about politics to pronouncing a clear and coherent sentence in the span of seconds. He still sounded drunk, though.
“Of course, Marshal, I'm sure they won't."
“Tactician, eh?" -The Marshal went back to mumbling- “You've made quite the career ever since I annihilated your Conglomerate's forces at Harlig…"
This wasn't going to be fun. —---------------------------------------------------------------
19:20 HT, 3 feb. ca. 2100.
A Collected from the Quites, usually employed ad engeneers, ran into the Cabinet, where the Tactician and Mashal were deciding on what to do once a suitable species was found.
Short of breath, he spoke: “Marshal, sir, Tactician, sir, we've just retrieved the search scanners from the population probes we sent out a month ago. They have found something, sentient life, on…"
The Tactician was ecstatic at the rapidity of this finding, but his enthusiasm was quickly shattered.
"...one planet."
“Only one planet? This isn't good. Their species' numbers must be in the hundreds of thousands, while we're hoping for 100 million or so members, so that the Collected we gather won't take a big toll on them, you know the protocol-"
The Marshal quite rudely interrupted:
“Soldier…what are their numbers?"
"The scanner reads 11 billion sentient life forms."
"...What?"

TL;DR: A Singaporean’s comparison and experience of living in Bangkok, AMA.
Recently seen a lot of posts about moving from Singapore to another country and thought I would share my own experiences about moving from Singapore to Bangkok and some pros and cons of each location.
Please kindly take note that this is all from my personal experience and knowledge and may not apply to everyone.
​
Background:
I (30M) first experienced living and working in Bangkok due to an internship. The internship was mandatory but the location was not specified. I chose Bangkok having never lived there before and ended up liking it so decided to do another internship in Bangkok the following year. After completion, I managed to land a full time job in Bangkok and have been living in Bangkok for 7.5 years now. I am in the hospitality industry.
​
Visa:
In order to stay legally in Thailand, you’ll need to be on the proper visa. You could come in on visa exemption and then do visa runs, but in the long run, it is not a viable option especially since immigration is cracking down on visa runs.
I have listed essentially the easiest visa’s to obtain to live in Thailand legally.
- Non-Immigrant B: Get hired by a company in Thailand, where they will issue you with a work permit and you are allowed to legally work in the role that is written in the work permit. The visa will be valid so long as you are employed.
- Non-Immigrant ED: Enroll into a language school to learn Thai or join a Muay Thai gym. Typically the visa lasts for a year. Working on this visa is illegal.
- Non-Immigrant O-A & O-X: Retirement visa, you need to be 50 years and above. Working on this visa is illegal.
- Non-Immigrant O (Thai Spouse): Get married to a Thai national. The visa is valid as long as you are legally married. Working on this visa is legal.
- Elite Visa: Essentially a paid visa that allows you to stay legally from 5 years up to 20 years. The price starts at THB 600K (one-time fee) up to THB 2M. Working on this visa is illegal.
​
Work Opportunities:
From the above mentioned visas, I only have experience with the Non-Immigrant B visa as I am employed in Bangkok. I may decide to change to the Non-Immigrant O (Thai Spouse) visa when I get married to my Thai partner next year.
Getting employed in Thailand is a route that a lot of people choose when first deciding to move to Thailand. There are essentially 2 options that someone could choose:
- Employee: Get hired by a Thai company. There are a list of prohibited jobs for foreigners in Thailand such as hairdresser, Thai massage, tour guide, legal services (you can be a consultant though). Legally there is also a minimum salary for foreigners to earn. For Singaporeans, the minimum salary / month is THB 45K however there are also loopholes in order for employees to avoid paying this much. This minimum salary does not apply to teaching. Some of the most popular jobs for foreigners are in education (teacher), tech, marketing, consulate / embassy, diving instructor, hospitality and work for an MNC.
- Business Owner: Opening your own business is another way to work in Thailand. The most popular registration choice for foreigners is to open a limited company. You will only have ownership of 49% of the company, and the remaining 51% needs to be owned by a Thai person. Many foreigners will put the 51% in their Thai spouse’s name. It is also possible to have 2 Thai’s own the 51% (25.5% each) so that the foreigner still has majority ownership. You can also then apply for a work permit however need to have four Thai workers per foreigner employed and THB 2 M in capital.
​
Salary & Income:
In general, the salary in Thailand is significantly lower than in Singapore, however the cost of living is also more expensive. My first salary in Bangkok was gross THB 45K / month, take home pay was around THB 38K. That is roughly S$1,500. I lived a mostly Thai lifestyle, with little to no savings each month. Thankfully I am now on a salary higher than if I was in the same position in Singapore. I would advise that a salary of THB 50K / month is the minimum that any Singaporean should be willing to take in order to move to Bangkok. Anything THB 100K / month and you’ll be able to live comfortably on a mixed of local + foreigner lifestyle so long as you have no kids or don’t intend to send them to international school.
The best is if you end up on an expat contract and you will have your basic salary (usually paid in USD) + housing allowance + yearly flight tickets back home + international school fees for your kids paid for. Obviously this is subject to the company but I have heard of people also getting transport allowance, grocery shopping allowance, company car and driver, live-in maid, etc.
​
Working Life:
Tasks in Singapore get done. And they get done fast. Singapore is efficient and as much as Singaporeans love queuing (for food), they also don’t like waiting. However, working in Singapore can be very competitive. The so called ‘rat race’ starts the moment you enter working life. Depending on the industry, overtime is often expected. The “kiasu” mentality in Singaporeans often causes the over-competitiveness at the workplace.
Working life in Thailand is quite the opposite of Singapore. Thai employees generally take things slower. Decisions that can be made in 1 day in Singapore, can take 1 month in Thailand. Many Thai workers just want to do their 8-10 hours a day, grab a beer after work, go home to sleep and then repeat the next day. Thai employees are also generally less competitive compared to Singaporeans, thus as a Singaporean working in Bangkok, I am able to stand out amongst my Thai colleagues and was able to progress much faster in my career compared to if I was working in the competitive Singaporean environment. In Thailand, “saving face” is very important especially at the management level. The practice of “saving face” is not something that many westerners understand and are used to, thus is often a disadvantage to them.
​
Condo, Apartments & Houses:
To be honest, I cannot speak about the Singapore property market and prices because I have no firsthand experience. I have never bought or rented any property in Singapore before. I can only share the prices in Bangkok for you guys to compare.
In Bangkok, a typical 1 bedroom condo (30 SQM to 35 SQM) can be found for THB 10K (S$388) to THB 15K (S$582) per month. These condos are typically within a 10 – 20 minute BTS/MRT ride into the city center. The further out you go, the cheaper condos are. Alternatively, the closer you are to the city center, the more expensive the condo’s get.
Local apartments are even cheaper and can be rented under THB10K per month. Some apartments even have rooms for rent that are THB 3000 (S$116) per month, however the room is usually quite small (20 SQM), has no kitchen, sometimes no hot water, sometimes no AC, and is in a very local area of Bangkok. It is literally a room with a bed and a bathroom inside.
There are also houses for rent in Bangkok. There are 2 major types of houses: the first are standalone houses and the second are called townhouses (essentially a house in a gated community). These can range from THB 25K (S$970) to more than THB 100K (S$3880) per month depending on the size, location, age, etc.
Alternatively, if you decide to, foreigners can also legally purchase condos under certain regulations. Every condo has a foreigner quota which essentially every condo need to be 51% majority owned by a Thai national. So if a condo has 100 units, minimum 51 units need to be owned by a Thai national. If the current condo only has 50 units owned by a Thai, then a foreigner is unable to purchase a unit in that condo project until 1 more unit is owned by a Thai. Condos can be bought starting from THB 1M (S$38.8K) to THB 100M (S$3.8M) depending on the size and location.
Owning land in Thailand by foreigners is not allowed. There are some ways and loopholes of getting around it such as setting up a business in Thailand. Lots of foreigners who marry a Thai national end up putting the land under their partners name and by getting a usufruct / right of superficies, it protects the foreigners in the sense that their partner would be unable to sell the land without the permission of the foreigner. It is honestly quite complicated and I personally went through this route.
The townhouse that I purchased cost around THB 12.5M (S$485K) and is roughly 250 SQM (2690 SQFT), with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, with a decent sized garden and garage large enough for 2 cars. It is in a good location (not in the city center) with a 20 minute drive into the city center. With S$485K, I am not sure if you could even buy a 2 or 3 bedroom HDB in a not so desired district in Singapore.
​
Food:
Singapore has hawker centers while Bangkok has street food. Street food in Bangkok is cheap, usually starting from THB 40. Singapore hawker centers are relatively affordable although there have been a significant increase in prices over the past couple of years. There are also a wide variety of eateries from food courts to Michelin Starred restaurants, with lots of different types of cuisines in both cities. Prices in both cities can range from cheap to crazy expensive, so it really depends on what kind of budget and lifestyle you have.
​
Cost Of Living:
It is well known that Singapore has an expensive cost of living, while the cost of living in Bangkok is cheaper. It is not S$1 for a one beer kind of cheap, but it’s definitely cheaper than Singapore. I have not lived in Singapore for the past 9 years so I am not in touch with the current prices in Singapore. So I will just share the prices in Bangkok.
Gym memberships in Bangkok are usually around THB 1000 (S$38) to THB 1500 (S$58) a month. A foot / Thai massage cost THB 250 (S$10) to THB 350 (S$13) per hour, a ticket in the cinema is about THB 250 (S$10). A drink in a bar is around THB 150 (S$6) to THB 250 (S$10) depending on the type of establishment. I could go on and on but in generally most things are cheaper in Bangkok than in Singapore.
​
Transport:
- Public Transport: Public transport in Singapore is reliable. Living in Singapore, it is generally convenient to take the bus and MRT for transport.
In Bangkok, if you live in the city center you will have no issue using only the BTS & MRT to get around. Buses are not reliable due to the sheer amount of traffic. Alternatively, using motorcycle taxis are also a viable option for short to medium distances. If you lived in the suburbs or even other provinces such as Chiang Mai & Phuket, you’ll either have to buy / rent a car or motorcycle, use Grab or a songthaew (shared pickup truck).
- Motorcycle Ownership: Purchasing your own motorcycle is also a popular option. A new Honda Click 150 can be bought for around THB 61K (S$2.3k).
- Car Ownership: The cheapest first hand car in Singapore is roughly around S$80,000 to S$90,000 (THB 2M to THB 2.3M). On top of that, Singapore’s COE in May (1st bidding) for CAT A closed at S$101,001 (THB 2.5M).
In Thailand, cars start around THB 500K. An entry level Mercedes Benz A-Class will cost around THB 1.9 M (S$74,000). Cheaper cars in Thailand do come with a price and that is the traffic in Bangkok. During peak period, expect your 15 minute car ride to extend to 1 hour or even more depending on your location within the city. Traffic in other provinces is generally much better compared to Bangkok.
​
Social Circle:
In Singapore, you generally already have a group of friends that you met since high school / university / army (for guys).
Unless you have family or friends already living in Thailand, you’ll need to start from scratch. The easiest way to make friends is usually from your workplace. Another popular option is to use apps such as Meetup.com and Tinder for dating. Some may find it hard at first to make friends with Thai people due to the language barrier if you do not speak Thai and they do not speak much English.
​
Language:
In Singapore, English is widely spoken. Mandarin Chinese, Tamil and Malay are also used. It is easy to communicate with 99% of the population.
In Thailand, English is not widely used by everyone especially in the areas where there are no/less tourists. Signs (food, road, etc) can often be only written in Thai.
​
Domestic Travel:
Unless you consider taking the MRT to Sentosa domestic travelling, Singapore does not offer much domestic travel. In Thailand, a 1.5 hour plane ride can take you to Chiang Mai, Phuket, Koh Samui, Khon Kaen, etc. While a 2 hour car drive can take you to Pattaya, Hua Hin, Kanchanaburi, Ayutthaya, etc for quick weekend getaways. Singapore however, is a major hub in Asia and many international flights use Changi Airport as a hub. I also personally prefer Singapore Airlines to Thai Airways.
​
Safety & Crime:
Singapore is generally extremely safe. Chances of you getting robbed by knife are slim to none. In Thailand, it is also generally safe. Be smart and do not put yourself into dangerous situations and you’ll generally be fine. I have never gotten pickpocketed or robbed or scammed or anything of similarity over my years of living here.
​
Government:
This is the topic that I prefer not to talk about. In short:
- The Singapore government is stable.
- I have no comment regarding the Thai government, except let’s see what happens in the next couple of months.
​
TL;DR: A Singaporean’s comparison and experience of living in Bangkok, AMA.
​
And that’s pretty much it. I do apologize for this being so long. I tried my best to share as much as possible without overdoing it. This post got taken down in askSingapore , so hopefully it doesn't break any rules of this subreddit.
If anyone has any further questions, please feel free to AMA.

Introduction

I started learning Japanese on March 22 2023. At the time of writing, It has been about 70-80 days since. Currently I would place myself at N3 level. I became very inspired to study Japanese after (a) visiting Niseko (Hokkaido) and (b) reading a post on Reddit about someone who claims to pass N1 from zero in 8.5 months.
The purpose of this post is to offer (a) alternative perspectives to learning Japanese, (b) prove that it is possible to learn quickly, (c) challenge some of the existing recommendations. This post is part one out of eight articles detailing my journey to N1 from zero in 8 months. Disclaimer, this post will be very long and ranty!
This post will cover some of the study techniques and experiments I’ve conducted for the first month, as well as the results of my experimentation and insights. As for the elephant in the room, I’m currently studying N3 after 60+ days into my Japanese learning journey. I’m sure many are skeptical or might presume that I have bad mastery of N5 and N4 content, but by the end of the post, I’m confident that I would have responded to them.

Prior Knowledge

I started watching anime since Naruto. I think that was 15 years ago. I’m not particularly obsessed with Japanese culture but I do follow the mainstream anime like Bleach, Tokyo Ghoul, My Hero Academia, Attack on Titan, and most recently Demon Slayer. So I do possess 15 years of acclimatising to the sound of Japanese anime speech. However my Vocab is very limited. I know how to count from 1-99, konnichiwa and itadakemasu, and a couple more words that I might remember if I was prompted. I also know the hand signs from Naruto. Apart from that, I consider myself truly zero in Japanese knowledge.

While your brain can only hold 7-9 items in the short term memory at once, it does not mean you cannot study more than 9 items in a day.

I see most people on Reddit recommending 15-20 new cards on Anki. Personally I think this pace is way too slow, especially for the beginner. Most typical N5 vocab deck would have about 600-700 cards. 15cards/day means that it would take 40-50 days just to see all the cards. I also came across a study that says our short term brain cannot store more than 9 items at a time. This would seem to support support the recommendation of 15-20 vocabulary cards a day. While reading Moonwalking with Einstein, a book on the capabilities of the human memory, I read about a story of a guy who could draw the landscape of New York with shocking precision after flying pass the city on a helicopter once. The book also hinted at the idea that we possess some form of photographic memory.
And so, i tried to do about 50-100 new cards a day. Within 10 days, I’ve seen all the N5 Vocab. Around day 15 or so, i became concerned that cramming so many words in a day would mean that the retention rate will be low. So I tested myself on those 700 words and I think I got about 85% correct.
Personally i was very happy with that score. I thought I could do a lot worse. So clearly, trying to learn 100 new cards a day wasn’t detrimental to retention rate (I will address my thoughts on burnout on a later point). What is happening?
My hypothesis is that while we can’t store more 6-9 items in our short term memory, it doesn’t mean that when we study our 10th,11th, 20th or 100th item, our brain would completely reject the input. You are still imprinting something onto the brain. What this means is that while you should not expect to see a word once and remember it forever, it says nothing about the upper limit of how many words you can simultaneously start on the first stage of the SRS system. We all know that SRS takes time to turn short term memory into long term memory. It could take weeks or a few months. But if we can start 100 words on the SRS system vs 15-20 words, and there is no significant cost to doing more words, then starting 100 new cards a day will bring us to our destination much faster.

Self-fulfilling prophecy

When you read about many people agreeing that 15-20 new Anki card a day is a good pace, or that it takes 300-500 hours to pass N5, then it sets the expectation of what is normal. The reason I was able to Master N5 in approximately 150-200 hours and learn all its vocab a couple of weeks is because I did not pay attention to what other people can achieve.

How I use Anki

From my survey on Reddit, it seems that people get overwhelm by the amount of reviews on Anki. And I think this reveals that the are doing reviews differently from how I do it.
When I do my Anki reviews, I only entertain two state of minds when marking the flash cards. The first is I know the answer (the answer pops into my brain instantaneously) and the second is I don’t know the answer (mind is blank). I do not try to recall the answer. Recalling takes time. If I try to recall the answer, it might take me upwards of a minute or two to remember it (and even then, I might still be wrong). Instead i like my Anki reviews to be snappy. It feels like I take about a fraction of a second to answer my Anki cards, although the Anki statistics tells me that I take 4second per card. Still fast either way. At 4s/card I can do 900 reviews in one hour.
Next is how I use Easy, Good, Again and Hard. The rule of thumb is to be more liberal than strict. I try to use Easy, instead of Good as much as I can because I don’t want my reviews to pile up. I almost never use Hard even if I get the card completely wrong. Speaking of reviews pilling up, we need to define what marking an Anki item as Good or Easy means to me.
For a lot of people it means aiming for perfection. That means that the person only click Easy or Good if his answer exactly matches the back side of the card. For myself I set an extremely low bar, as long the vague feeling of what I think the answer is somewhat matches the answer on the back side, I’m happy to give it a Good at least. Why? Because it’s the nature of Anki or SRS system to return cards you previously click Easy and Good. I don’t have to worry about being too forgiving on myself and being ignorant about the fact because I can always count on the card to return eventually. And if I a card I previously marked as Good, came back, and feels difficult, I would then make a mental note to study it in greater detail. Secondly, a lot of the 700 words in a typical N5 vocab deck are so common that you will encounter them all the time in the wild. This is called organic or natural SRS. If you are strict on your Anki at this stage, it can be quite an overkill in hindsight. Of course it may not feel like an overkill in the beginning because you are still gettting cards wrong.

Burnt out

Okay what about burnout. Surely I might be overdoing it, and wouldn’t burnout eventually catch up to me. Yes and no. I think the phenomenon of burnout is highly exaggerated. I don’t like to use the word burnt out whenever I’m feeling “burnt out” because it has a lot of negative connotations and because negative connotations can lead to self-fulfilling prophecies. Instead, I prefer to use the phrase, “I’m tired now”. I kind of compare myself to Shonen protagonists where there’s this big villain coming up and then some special training to level up. The special training is usually quite intense, and sometimes dangerous, and they will eventually be quite tired by the end of the training. But these protagonists always reemerge stronger with new abilities and can now overcome stronger foes.
Similarly, whenever I study too much, I would just acknowledge that I’m tired, watch some anime and something different. I’m usually okay by the next morning. I attribute my ability to resist burn out my thoughts and attitude.

Consistency, multimodality learning, and resourcefulness

I only believe in one kind of consistency, and that is that you have to show up almost every day. But I don’t believe in the kind of consistency that requires me to be on a 365-day Anki/wanikani/immersion streak. This is also one factor that helps to protect burn out. When I feel like doing textbook learning, that’s what I’m going to do. If want to do pure Bunpro and Anki for the next 3 days without reading any textbook, that’s what I’ll do.
I also believe in the idea of multimodality learning. I use everything at my disposal:
All the textbooks (Genki, Minna no nihongo, Tae Kim)
YouTube videos (Misa ammo, game gengo, tokiniandy)
Podcast
Songs
Doing active immersion with anime
Changing my phone language to Japanese (this one unfortunately is a bad advice. I recommend to stay away from this if you are still at N5)
Posters
Instagram and TikTok accounts of Japanese tutors
Websites (tofugu, human Japanese, Japanese tutors’ blogs)
Apps (wanikani, language reactor, bunpro)
Japanese grammar dictionaries
Assessment books
Discord or Reddit or forums
Japanese classes
There’s often this debate on which is better, Genki vs Minna vs Tae kim. If cost or ability to procure them is not an issue, why not use all of them? It’s okay to have one source as your primary source. Mine was Genki 1. But when I wanted to understand a nuance that Genki does not explain well enough, I’ll usually consult my other sources. And if I’m bored of Genki, I can easily switch to Tae Kim, for a change of scenery. If I don’t feel like reading, Misa or Tokiniandy is there for me.
My observation is that many people are usually only using one modality to acquire a new skill. This is causing their journey to be unnecessarily monotonous.

Sloppy learning and conjugations

One very integral component of the Japanese language is conjugation. It’s especially important for the N5. Conjugations can allow you to express many meaning in Japanese. Learning how to conjugate accurately is going to be a struggle for any beginner(think godan and ichidan verbs and conjugating to masu, te, negative forms, etc).
A lot of Japanese textbook and assessment will make you do drills. I skipped all of them. Rather than trying to brute force your way to memorizing conjugations I employ a technique called sloppy learning(this phrase is borrowed from “Japan Like A Breeze” on patreon). I define sloppy learning as learning just enough to acquire the essence of the concept.
For example, ,whether the verbs is in its polite form, short form, negative form or past tense form etc, can be easily recognised by looking at the last few syllabus of a word. If a words end on a “ta”, it must be past tense form. If it ends on a “masu” it must be the polite/long form. This concept can literally be understood in 5 mins.
Thus for me. When conjugating oyogu (泳ぐ）into past tense form, I just conjugate it as oyogu-ta (oyogu +ta) Or sometimes oyota. Now oyota is wrong of course. But that’s all I need at this stage. I desire to understand Japanese, not to get full marks on conjugation drill table. You must always try to look at the big picture. Trying to do well on conjugation drills is an opportunity cost. Ultimately one needs to judge what is worth spending effort on. Hence the idea of sloppy learning is to be deliberate about what to focus on.
Once I can consistently remember that masu means polite and ta meant past, this is where I try to conjugate them correctly. Conjugations is difficult because they all don’t behave like ru verbs. You cannot simply drop the ru at the end of a word and append ta or masu to them. Oyogu for example doesn’t even have a ru ending.
The path I chose was to hope that I can organically (I like this word a lot, but it also sometimes means magically) , know how to conjugate correctly one day. And to a certain extent I acquired some intuition on conjugations without any active involvement from my part. I soon became aware that if a word ends in a gu or a ku, then instead of a ta, it might be ita or ida.
The break through came on day 35. When I couldn’t endure the fact that I wasn’t able to magically acquire conjugation intuition for free. So i goggled “why are godan verbs conjugate the way they are”. And Tofugu came to the rescue.
Essentially they introduced three concepts (a) double consanent with small tsu, (b) assimilation with n, and (c)consonant removal. After that article, conjugating became a breeze. In hindsight, my ability to conjugate only costed me the time to read one tofugu article (and one month of passively intuiting the conjugation patterns) Because I did not spend time on conjugation drills, i was able to progress to the other grammatical points in Genki 1. I didn’t remain stuck in one place for too long.And this is another aspect of sloppy learning. You learn just enough to move on to the next level, you don’t aim for perfection.
Your brain can’t do everything at once. Your brain cannot remember that masu means polite form, and all the rules for conjugating verbs to masu in one sitting. If you try to do that, you can remain stuck, despite already understanding the general idea of conjugation. Better to move on and let the intuition develop. If you judge that the intuition is not going to progress or progress quickly enough, you can always intervene later by supplementing with new knowledge.

Mnemonics when I get something wrong too often

Often there will be a vocab or grammar point that I always can’t seem to latch on. No vague feelings, no guesses, just an empty mind. When this happens, it can be a scary feeling. It may feel like you are not good enough.
Really the solution is very simple. Just add one more inferential step. When I first encountered the word bengoshi（弁護士） , my mind does not produce any intuition or pictures or feelings. What I did was to create a mnemonic, a story. How to relate a lawyer to the sound ben go shi? I managed to came up with “when the judge announces his judgement, the bench(jury) goes “shhhh””Sorry, I know it’s really bad. But when I created that story, bengoshi never stumped me again.I’ve seen a lot of criticism of mnemonics that I don’t agree with

1. ‘they are not for me”>>I’ve seen people said that Anki is not for me. Srs is not for me. While I believe in individual differences and effectiveness in different methodologies, I feel that sometimes people decide too quickly what is or isn’t for them. What is optimal may first have a learning curve in the beginning. And instead of saying that something is not for me and moving on to the next thing, we need to consider if it isn’t we ourselves that should change to make it fit for us.
2. “If I’m trying to memorize something, how does adding more things to remember help. Now I not only have to remember the word, but I need to remember the story to remember the word.”>> Between a story and a random string of number “89779012879” , the brain can remember the short story more easily than the string of number despite the story consisting of more words. It’s just how our brain works.

​

On active immersion

Active immersion means trying to pick up words or trying to understand what is being said in Japanese media like anime or novels. Passive immersion means enjoying the content without really worrying about improving your Japanese.
On day 21 I tried active immersion with Weathering with You. I came to the conclusion that active immersion is not efficient for the new learner. I can imagine myself doing a lot of sentence mining and active immersion in the future (spoiler, I’m now on day 70-80 and I’m immersing a lot more now). But definitely a hard no for me to recommend new comers as the only and primary form of learning Japanese.

Why textbook learning and structural learning is important for fast gains.

Textbook learning is great for fast gains because it prioritises for you. Textbooks are not prepared by a random person. They are usually prepared while respecting certain pedagogical principles in mind by a team of qualified academics. While appealing to authority doesn’t make it correct, we should at least be cognisant that the textbooks might be doing a few things right.
One of those pedagogical principles is incremental or progressive learning. Building knowledge upon what was previously learnt.
Another principle is foundational concepts. A textbook will usually introduce foundational concepts that act as a scaffold for everything else as early as possible. And because textbook learning is progressive, it means that the difficulty is always going to feel just about right. In active immersion the difficulty can be wild because it does not respect your level of Japanese proficiency.
​

Completing N5 in 30 days.

In this 30 days, I was not only learning Japanese, but also learning how to learn. They call it building a plane while flying it hahahah. The principles outlined here helped me to finish N5 content at an insane rate. I was spending about 6-8 hours a day on Japanese (in chunks). So one point not stated here is time. There's no way around time investment.
On the 30th day I did a lot of mock tests and I performed quite well (80-90% correct).When I started on N4 on day 31, I was really surprised by the bump in difficulty. I gave myself 30 days to clear N4. That was the hardest 30 days in my Japanese learning journey. I’m fact I had a better time when I was studying for N3 on day 65 onwards. In my next post I’ll share why N4 was harder than N5 and N3 for me and share some more insights. Hope this has been helpful in offering new perspectives. Thank you for reading this long rant of mine.
There are also quite a few things missing in this post, namely

1. my studying regime for the first 30 day
2. the kanji problem (this one i struggled to settle on a study method. i was trying a lot of different strategies)
3. the psychological lived experience of studying japanese. the truth is, there is another battlefield happening in the mind realm. i often have self doubt and fear creeping. knowing how to address them is essential to a happy journey.
4. engaging in the larger conversation between Taekim, Curedolly, Refold, All japanese all the time, Moeway, immersion schools of thought, matt vs japan etc etc. I feel that a lot of my fundamental beleifs regarding where i stand can be glimpsed in this post. but i want to make my beliefs explict.

I will try to share more in the next post. If you have any questions on the specifics, I'll be there at the comment section ^^

I’ve wanted to join the military for a very long time, I attempted to do so at 17 but because of my situation (all my choices in the end regardless of situation) I fell into a bad crowd and now being 21 I have around 6-7 total misdemeanors on about 3-4 different cases.
There is a colonel who is a councilor at my local center stone who I’m going to be talking with very soon in about a week, from the information I have already received he believes I have a good chance but assuming he would like to fully meet me and get to know me before doing any kind of work on his end military wise witch I 110% do not have any hate or hard feelings towards. The question here today is what you think my chances are if I do get some sort of help from him to my knowledge the only thing he could do is give me a letter of recommendation/ character witness letter to help me obtain a waiver.
If there is anything I could do in the meantime to help on my end not meaning physically getting ready or anything like that but to help better my chances of obtaining said waiver (the service I’m attempting to join is the United States Army).
I have already took and passed the Asvab almost say about a year ago, I think I know they’re good for up to 2 years before I’m even allowed to take another.
I really want this and I finally manned up about 8 months ago cut ties with everyone that I know and got away from drugs (those are my charges mostly weed one poss of a narcotic drug and one controlled substance ). I do have an owi from about 2-3 years ago. No felony’s after I complete this round of probation as they will drop the only felony I have. (the reason I’m at my center stone now is a type of NA/AA program).
Im being genuine and I don’t mean to come off as an entitled fuck like the rest of my generation, I want to better my self and get my family’s name out of the mud to ensure when I do have kids they will be took care of.
I think know if you don’t take the collage they offer you, you can pass the option down.
I’m not looking for a “free ride” serve the minimum years and get the VA benefits etc.
I would love to make this my full blown career and possibly become a recruiter myself to help the people who have had similar life’s out.
My charges are listed below. ————————————————————————— 35-48-4-6(a)/F6: Possession of a Narcotic Drug, (will be dropped after I complete probation) 35-48-4-11(a)(1)/MA: Possession of Marijuana ————————————————————————— 9-30-5-1(c)/MC: Operating a Vehicle with a Schedule I or II Controlled Substance or its Metabolite i, 9-30-5-2(a)/MC: Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated ————————————————————————— 35-48-4-7(a)/MA: Possession of a Controlled Substance-Possession of a Schedule I, II, III or IV cont, 35-48-4-11(a)(1)/MA: Possession of Marijuana, 35-48-4-8.3(b)(1)/MC: Possession of Paraphernalia ————————————————————————— 35-48-4-11(a)(1)/MB: Possession of Marijuana, 35-48-4-8.3(b)(1)/MC: Possession of Paraphernalia —————————————————————————

Apache
I am using /server-status to monitor the Apache processes. When starting they look like this:
_____W_K__K____________C_K________C_____________W_.............................................................................................................................................. But after few hours of running look like this:
R_KCR___KR__RKRR_RRRKRRRRRRKRR_RRCK____R_RRRR_RRRKRRRKRRRRRRRRR_R_RRRR_R.RR.R_R.R_R..CKRRRRW.K_RCRKRR_R_.._R._.RK_KRK_.RRR.KK_.R..RR............................................................ There is too many "Read" (R) status which took a long time and I don't know what they do, because they even have no requests. (Mention that there are additional "." statuses which I skipped from the example above, in total I have 2000 positions available.) In the process list I have approx 40 "R" processes like this one:
Srv PID Acc M CPU SS Req Conn Child Slot Client VHost Request15-2 21291 0/37/11158 R 0.03 7468 2 0.0 1.93 198.35 82.78.95.105 The report's header look like this:
Server Version: Apache/2.4.10 (Debian) mod_fcgid/2.3.9 OpenSSL/1.0.1tServer MPM: preforkServer Built: Sep 15 2016 20:44:43Current Time: Thursday, 12-Jan-2017 08:38:46 EETRestart Time: Wednesday, 11-Jan-2017 00:51:18 EETParent Server Config. Generation: 3Parent Server MPM Generation: 2Server uptime: 1 day 7 hours 47 minutes 27 secondsServer load: 0.34 0.35 0.39Total accesses: 1599556 - Total Traffic: 29.9 GBCPU Usage: u18.87 s6.81 cu0 cs0 - .0224% CPU load14 requests/sec - 274.0 kB/second - 19.6 kB/request90 requests currently being processed, 27 idle workers I have a private server with: 4X3.6GHZ Xeon processor, 2X512 GB SSD, 32 GB memory, Debian 3.16.36-1, Apache 2.4.10, PHP 5.6.29, mod_fcgid, php-fpm, php5-cgi, prefork.
Some of my apache2.conf settings:
Timeout 14400KeepAlive OnMaxKeepAliveRequests 1000KeepAliveTimeout 3HostnameLookups Off My mpm_prefork.conf settings:
StartServers 50 MinSpareServers 25 MaxSpareServers 50 ServerLimit 2000 MaxRequestWorkers 2000 MaxConnectionsPerChild 1000 Some of my fcgid.conf settings:
FcgidMaxRequestLen 1073741824FcgidOutputBufferSize 1073741824FcgidMaxProcesses 200FcgidMaxProcessesPerClass 100FcgidMinProcessesPerClass 0FcgidProcessLifeTime 30FcgidConnectTimeout 30FcgidIOTimeout 14400FcgidBusyTimeout 14400FcgidIdleTimeout 3FcgidIdleScanInterval 1 I have some long runing cronjobs in the servers, this is why I need that big "14400" (=4 hours) timeout on Apache and PHP processes.
Questions:

1. Why there are so many "R" statuses without requests?
2. What they do, how can I find out?
3. Why they run so long?

Update 1:
A have modified the timeouts to 7200 (=2 hours), this is the minimum for me to can run my cronjobs. However I did not have problems with my cronjobs.
FcgidIOTimeout 7200FcgidBusyTimeout 7200 Also for Apache:
Timeout 7200 Based on PHP and mod_fcgid: ap_pass_brigade failed in handle_request_ipc function I did this:
FcgidOutputBufferSize 0 Based on mod_fcgid: ap_pass_brigade failed in handle_request function I did this:
FcgidMaxRequestsPerProcess 500 After few hours the server stopped responding:

Service Unavailable: The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintanance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

In the logs I found some erros like this two:
[fcgid:warn] (104)Connection reset by peer: mod_fcgid: ap_pass_brigade failed in handle_request_ipc function[fcgid:warn] (32)Broken pipe: mod\_fcgid: ap\_pass\_brigade failed in handle\_request\_ipc function And a bunch of like this (maybe for each requests):
[fcgid:warn] mod_fcgid: too much processes, please increase FCGID_MAX_APPLICATION Questions 2:

1. What are these errors mean? How can I correct them?
2. Why the server stops responding? Probably because of errors...
3. Are the mod_fcgid, php-fpm, php5-cgi, prefork modules fully compatible and effective? This was the default configurations when I got the new server.

Answer link : https://codehunter.cc/a/apache/to-many-long-running-apache-processes-in-read-status-without-requests-after-a-certain-time

Over the last six months, I’ve been in Asia (and the Pacific) bouncing around as part of a larger trip, but diving being a huge emphasis, accumulating around 200 dives during this period. I’m leaving some of my dive log notes and thoughts of each place since it would probably help people in planning which hotspots to go to within this region and how they compare to each other.
For additional context, I went into this trip having around 200 dives, mostly in the Caribbean and Red Sea, with a little bit of SEA experience.
I know it personally was difficult when doing research, especially when pretty much all of these are described as “wOrLd cLaSs” or “bEsT iN tHe wOrLd” to some varying degree (spoiler: not everything is IMO).
I personally dive because of reef health and fish life, so my notes are written with a heavy bias towards that. I acknowledge that bias so obviously places that only have a big muck / macro presence will be rated lower on here.
A-tier and above is a place I’d gladly go back to and dive again. I’d also recommend these places where you should make plans to travel here or go out of your way specifically to dive.
B-tier and above is good. Maybe not incredibly mindblowing but still good and worth doing nonetheless. But there are some flaws that keep it from being superb.
C-tier is mediocre. I could maybe find a few bright spots, but I didn’t find diving here to be particularly great or terrible at the same time. Just average. I wouldn’t make trips to dive these places specifically. I might recommend diving them if they overlap with some better stuff higher on in the list, but they’re skippable.
D to F-tier is just bad. Very little things to enjoy if at all. Avoid.

S

• Raja Ampat, Alor

A+

• Komodo, Palau

A

• Nusa Penida, Apo Island

A-

• Richelieu Rock, Kimud Shoal (sharks)

B+

• Gato Island

B

• Balicasag, Pamilican, Sipadan, Sogod Bay

B-

• Kapalai, Hin Daeng / Hin Muang

C+

• Panglao, Malapascua (local diving)

C

• Surin Islands, Mabul, Koh Bida, Dauin

D

• Similan Islands

F

• Koh Haa

Malaysia

Sipadan, Mabul, Kapalai (15 dives)
Difficulty:

• I have a good amount of experience in moderate current, but I found that the diving wasn’t particularly difficult when I was here. We had currents on some Sipadan days, but they were gentle pushes at most. I’d say that Cozumel currents were much stronger than what I experienced at Sipadan. Although, I have heard that Sipadan could get wild sometimes, so YMMV
  
• Dives could get somewhat deep, so having AOW is probably advisable before coming
  

Wildlife:

• Tons of turtles and sharks. Probably at least half a dozen sharks from afar and even more turtles every dive
  
• Saw schools of jackfish, parrotfish, and some barracuda here and there, but didn’t see the famous barracuda tornado
  
• Outside of those, not as many fish as I had hoped for. Decent level of biodiversity, but there were lots of places with little fish activity. The smaller, shallower healthy patches had lots of fish
  

Reef life:

• I have mixed feelings about the reef life here. The parts that are healthy are super vibrant, but they were in the minority for sure. A lot of really depressing, barren areas with dead fields of coral outnumbered the healthy parts. Reefs are my biggest reason for diving, so I was most disappointed by this.
  
• Sipadan was likely better in the past, but the overall state of the reef is in much poorer condition nowadays
  
• The fact that the dive shop I went with only took people to the same three “best” dive sites all the days I dove at Sipadan doesn’t give me much confidence that the rest of the sites look that good or better
  

Dive sites:

• Not too much variation in types of dives or topography of the sites. Mostly wall dives with dropoffs. I got a bit bored after three straight days of diving Sipadan and thought that was an adequate amount of time to spend there. Most dive shops also only focus on the same handful of the best dive sites, so it gets repetitive fast
  
• You also can’t dive Sipadan every day that you’re there. All resorts will do some sort of package where if you dive with them for five days, three will be Sipadan, etc. and the others will be in Mabul and Kapalai. I think these sites are, for the most part, boring. Honestly speaking, no one should make the trip out here just for these dive sites, unless you enjoy macro that much. Even then, there are many other places around SEA that are easier to get to that have a better reputation for macro
  

Overall: Sipadan B, Kapalai B-, Mabul C

• I do think Sipadan is fairly overrated, probably due to the exclusivity of the diving because of the permit system, giving the illusion that it’s going to the best dives of your life
  
• Yes, I think the diving is decent, but not exactly “best in the world” as Southeast Asia tends to have a reputation for. I also don’t think Barracuda Point is one of the best dive sites in the world as it’s commonly advertised lol. I think it’s mostly marketing hype. I found lots of areas around SEA with much less marketing behind them to be equivalent or better than Sipadan
  
• Given how hard it is to get to Sipadan, the costs of diving there, and the proximity of Indonesia / Philippines, I’d say that if you’re deciding between diving in Malaysia and the other two, I’d pick the latter every time
  
• If I was already in Malaysia and wanted to tack on diving, then yes, Sipadan is a good addition to your existing itinerary. I just wouldn’t go out of my way or pick it over other options. I will likely not be returning to Sipadan to dive for this reason, especially since you can’t even dive Sipadan every day and the non-Sipadan dive sites are not great
  

Indonesia

Raja Ampat (20 dives)
Difficulty:

• Going into this portion of the trip, I was expecting a ton of currents and difficult diving based off what I read online beforehand
  
• We had currents on most of the dives, but they were pretty manageable for the most part. Many of these dives would be diving with the current, where it felt more like a gentle push, sort of like a slow moving treadmill. Some dives where you fought or swam against the current was more like a tiny bit of resistance where you could still frog kick through
  
• I also didn’t experience down currents, but based on the dive sites we did, I wouldn’t consider them to be anxiety inducing even if they were present. Most of the dive sites had a sandy bottom and weren’t walls or drop offs, so it’s not like they would be particularly dangerous
  
• There was only two dives where I felt that the currents could’ve been overwhelming for a less experienced diver, but they were ones where we hid behind rocks or used reef hooks to look at mantas anyway, so it’s not like you’re actively swimming with or against the currents
  
• Most dives also weren’t that deep, probably around 60-70ft at the absolute deepest. We spent the majority of these dives at 40-50ft
  
• Even putting myself in the shoes of a less experienced diver, I think the diving was manageable for a wide range of skill levels – which I did see many people of varying experience on my liveaboard and at the dive sites
  
• All in all, I think you can comfortably enjoy Raja Ampat with sub-50 dives under your belt or if you’re comfortable underwater. The diving is for the most part, not that difficult and shouldn’t be a barrier for your decision making
  

Wildlife:

• Huge schools of the most colorful fish everywhere you look. You’re swimming with schools of fish on most dives. The highest density of fish I’ve ever dove with across every destination I’ve ever been
  
• Only small criticism here is the lack of pelagic life like sharks, turtles, and mantas (outside of one or two sites), but that’s not a slight on Raja Ampat at all. Seeing pelagics is just the cherry on top of an already amazing experience that you see at Raja
  

Reef life

• Some of the best, most colorful, and healthy reefs I’ve seen in my life. That’s not to say that the entire region is pristine (it’s not), but given the world we live in today, it’s the best I’ve personally seen
  
• I’d consider most sites to be absolutely beautiful, with a handful of them to be “just” good
  

Dive sites:

• Most dive sites were sloping reef dives with maybe some small pinnacles or bommies here and there
  
• My qualm with the diving in Raja Ampat is that the dive experience is relatively the same across all of them. Get in, dive, look around, get up. No towering structures or interesting topography to navigate. You’re here for the beauty of what lives there, not because of how exhilarating or exciting the actual diving is IMO
  

Overall: S

• One of the best dive experience of my life so far. I would come back here to dive all the time if I could. Maybe doing a liveaboard to the southern region next time, as I focused on the central this time. But the barriers to dive here are pretty high. Expensive domestic flights, full travel days to and from Raja Ampat including flights / layovers / waiting for transfers, etc., and the best way to dive is via a liveaboard which is more costly than any other option
  
• Both the floor and ceiling are very high in Raja Ampat. There wasn’t a time where I felt that a dive wasn’t good or that the entire reef looked like it was in poor condition. Every site had something good to write home about
  
• One thing is that Raja Ampat actually isn’t as remote as you think it is. There’s a huge liveaboard scene and random resorts or homestays sprawled throughout the islands. I had phone signal the entire time lol. A handful of dive sites actually felt a bit crowded at times, in case that matters to you
  

Nusa Penida (15 dives)
Difficulty:

• I actually found diving here to be more difficult than Raja Ampat, lol. Currents were present on many dives, but you also had surge and lots of cold water thermoclines to fight against, which I didn’t have in Raja
  
• All in all, not terribly difficult diving either where you should reconsider if you’re newish, but maybe wait to get a few dives under your belt or be comfortable with various types of underwater conditions to fully appreciate the diving here. Although, I think you can also enjoy most of the diving here while being relatively inexperienced as well, as lots of sites have minimal currents.
  
• Most reputable dive shops will cater to your experience level anyway, so I wouldn’t let Penida’s reputation deter you completely. I’ve had friends with < 20-30 dives who rarely dive enjoy Penida, and many people get OW certified here, FWIW
  

Wildlife:

• Honestly, a little lackluster. Most sites, while having beautiful and healthy coral, felt like a ghost town because of relatively little fish on them aside from a few select spots
  
• The manta site that everyone goes to is amazing though. One dive I saw around 20 mantas throughout the hour. Pretty much everyone I know who’s gone to Nusa Penida even for 1-2 days has seen a manta, so I’d say your chances are very high
  

Reef life:

• I was actually shocked at how good the reef health was here. Some absolutely stunning slopes filled with reef life. I had heard good things about Penida, but was actually blown away by some sites here. I think some of the best sites like Mangrove had reefs that are fairly comparable to the better sites in RA and Alor, IMO
  
• On average, I think the overall reef is probably some of the best I’ve seen of anywhere
  

Dive sites:

• I thought the diversity in sites was a bit lacking in Penida. Most sites that you visit in Penida are just part of a long reef that spans the length of the island. Because of this, the topography doesn’t change much, nor does the diving experience
  
• You could spend a whole day diving different sites, but be on the same reef at different parts of the same side of Penida and the experience would be the exact same
  
• On the days you dive Manta Point, you’d probably also visit Manta Bay and Crystal Bay, which are all fairly boring sites. I’d even say Manta Point is fairly boring outside of the mantas and the latter two are straight up mediocre
  
• I spent about five days here overall and thought that was a good amount of time since I got to dive the majority of the sites. I could’ve spent another day or two here to dive the other sites in the channel between Penida and Lembongan or on the other side of Penida, but those are less commonly visited
  

Overall: A

• Really good diving as a whole. If you haven’t dove Indonesia yet, Penida would likely be some of the best warm water diving you’ll do
  
• I’ve heard Penida being described as Komodo with training wheels and I’d agree with that. Good place to get your bearings in diving with current
  

Komodo (30 dives)
Difficulty:

• This is an aspect that I feel is a bit overblown by commenters online. Yes, there is current and yes, sometimes they can get a bit crazy. But that doesn’t mean that as a less experienced diver (<50 dives for example), you can’t enjoy the majority of Komodo. I probably wouldn’t go as a complete newbie with fewer than 20 dives though
  
• A lot of the sites have current, but fairly similar to other Indonesia and Philippines hotspots. The currents aren’t too bad the majority of the time. The sites with heavy currents are limited to a few, and dive shops will avoid putting you on a boat where you’re going to a site that surpasses your skill level (e.g. they’ll have different groups / boats for central vs. northern sites, the latter tending to have more current)
  
• That said, if you want to fully enjoy Komodo with no restrictions or limitations, then yes, you should at least AOW / be more experienced or be comfortable in water. This is mainly in the northern sites like Cauldron, Crystal Rock, Castle Rock, and a handful in the central area which are known for currents
  
• The dives aren’t particularly deep either. Max depth was ~70ft at most for many sites, with the majority of the dives probably spent at 40-50ft for most sites
  

Wildlife:

• The tradeoff between Komodo and Raja Ampat is that the former has more big stuff like mantas, sharks, and turtles, while the latter has more fish activity. Some Komodo dive sites had quite a lot of fish activity, as much as the sites in Raja Ampat, but not comparable on average across all sites. In Komodo, you had a chance to see big stuff on the majority of the dive sites, whereas it was a bit rare in Raja Ampat. The hooked dives in northern Komodo are pretty great too, where you see a lot of fish and sharks swim by, and nothing in Raja can really compare to that
  
• At the end of the day, it’s a toss-up depending on preference
  

Reef life:

• Reef quality is amazing at some sites, just good at others, and non-existent at some. Unlike Raja where you could get amazing reef quality on almost every dive, Komodo’s sites were a bit more diverse. Some sites like Manta Point where you’re not necessarily diving for the reef and more so for manta encounters, were filled with rubble and fairly bare. On the other hand, sites like Batu Bolong and Tatawa Kecil are clearly some of the best in the world
  
• Komodo’s best reefs would be comparable to some of the best Raja sites, but Komodo also had fewer sites where the reef really wowed me
  

Dive sites:

• The good: Komodo has a wider variety of dive sites and dive experiences as a result. The diving here is more “fun” because of the different currents and drifts that let you dive the site differently. The topography of each dive site is also much more diverse, allowing for different dive profiles. You really feel small while diving some of the Komodo sites with all of the towering structures and cliffs. Raja Ampat’s diving, for example, is a bit more “homogenous” in that the experience is fairly similar across all sites
  
• The bad: There are some “poor” dive sites that you will inevitably visit on your trip. For example, sites where the emphasis is on muck diving. Not my favorite as you know. Or if you go to Manta Point and don’t see any mantas. Or sites where the reef isn’t that good. Muck dives aren’t my favorite, and I almost consider them a wasted dive since it’s all predominantly luck based and you could see nothing. You could feel differently, though
  
• I spent around ten days diving here doing 30 dives and thought that was perfect. I got to do every site, even some in the south, and repeated some sites that I liked the most. If I were to come back to Komodo, I’d do a liveaboard and spend my time exploring the south, which you can’t really do via day trips
  

Overall: A+

• I think Raja Ampat is better for fish life and coral health while I think Komodo is more fun for different types of diving, bigger animals, and better underwater topography
  
• As a whole, I think Raja Ampat is a better dive destination for a once in a lifetime trip, especially if you do it on a liveaboard. The whole experience feels very ethereal and special. But if you’re looking for something quicker, easier, and cheaper to do, then Komodo is a very fine substitute
  
• On a tangential note, and I’m gonna sound a bit gatekeep-y, but I think Labuan Bajo has become or is on its way to becoming a backpacking hotspot, and not in a good way either. It’s undergone a ton of development in the last several years, and the Indonesian government is pumping tons of money into directing people there. Things have grown way too fast and the infrastructure just can’t keep up. I’m hearing from locals who work in the dive industry saying how they’re getting priced out. Selfishly, more development and traffic is always bad for places like this as more shitty divers thrash around on the reefs and more pollutants destroy them too. Anyway, I would probably go sooner rather than later because who knows if the Indonesian government will be able to keep the reef in this condition with the increase in traffic
  
• You also notice how popular Komodo is getting because a lot of the dive shops are visiting newbie friendly sites every day which aren’t exactly the best ones IMO. I noticed a ton of people getting OW certified or doing their first few open water dives, and I don’t recommend this at all. I would pick a smaller dive op with fewer reviews on Google and TripAdvisor to avoid the cattle boats and for a more personalized experience to avoid the newbies. You’ll get to dive a wider range of sites and they’ll be more receptive to requests if you dive with them continually
  

Alor (25 dives)
Difficulty:

• This place is not easy to dive. Alor probably had the most dangerous and difficult conditions of places I’ve been to yet. There’s a number of challenging environments: thermoclines or huge temperature drops, deep dives, heavy currents that are frequently changing. I’ve experienced up and down currents before, but they were fairly straightforward and not that quick. Even in Palau and Komodo. But some were violent in Alor. I think the area’s topography is the reason for this. You could be zipping by on a wall on a drift dive when suddenly you could be dragged up to the surface, and right after you exhaust some air in your BC to go down, you could be pulled down and out by a downcurrent with just a few seconds in between. Then right after that, the current could change from left to right or vice versa. It got me breathing a bit hard even at my experience level
  
• Thermoclines also made it a bit more difficult too. The area supposedly gets cold upwellings everywhere that bring the water temperature to the low 70s, but the coldest I’ve experienced were mid 70s only in a specific part of the area. Nevertheless, going from 82-83 to mid 70s isn’t fun
  
• However, because there’s so many dive sites here with all sorts of conditions, even if you’re not the most experienced, you can still see a lot of really beautiful things in the easier dive sites. I would recommend being more experienced, though. There’s no proper hospital or chamber for hundreds of miles, so you’re fucked if something goes wrong
  

Wildlife:

• Tons of sharks and rays (eagle and spotted, not mantas unfortunately) sightings, on many dives Huge schools of fish, pretty much exactly what I was talking about in the RA section
  
• Dolphins in crossing on the surface all the time. Rarer to spot while actually diving, but it's possible
  
• I did a handful of muck dives and we did see some cool nudis, but I can’t definitively say that it’s the best macro diving I’ve done in Indonesia. I enjoyed macro diving more in the Philippines
  

Reef life:

• Almost just as good as RA’s, if not better in some areas. Insanely diverse corals, huge amounts of thick reef coverage where you don’t even see sand at the bottom. I probably give the edge to RA here since I’m fairly sure the diversity in corals is better at RA, but I did a liveaboard that covered more area whereas Alor is more concentrated. The fact that the two are debatable is a good thing
  
• I don’t think there was ever a time where I thought I had just an “okay” reef dive here. I think even the worst reef dives here are spectacular in comparison to everywhere else except RA
  

Dive sites:

• The dive site variety in Alor is absurdly high, probably the single most diverse place I’ve ever dove while being land-based. You have almost every single type of diving here: drift, cavern, wall, pinnacle, sloped, hooked, muck, etc.
  
• There are 70 (and more being still mapped / discovered) dive sites all within a 5-30 minute boat ride. I avoided most of the muck sites, and still felt like I had more reef dies to discover and see after around 25 dives
  
• Since there’s so few dive shops (~5), they all know each other and coordinate which sites are going to be done the following day. I literally never even saw another dive boat on the same dive site the week I was there
  
• The underwater topography here is simply amazing. Similar to some sites in Komodo, you just feel small. But there’s a higher proportion of dive sites like this compared to Komodo
  

Overall: S

• I am obsessed with Alor, and despite diving every day for over a week straight, I’m yearning for my chance to come back and see more of it and see what else has yet to be discovered
  
• I struggle to properly describe Alor. A more fun RA? Komodo with better reefs? I would characterize Alor as a combination of the best parts of RA and Komodo in one. Alor has the reef quality and fish activity of RA, but with the pelagics, currents, and interesting underwater topography of Komodo. Every criticism I had about RA about how “boring” or easy the diving is, is not an issue within Alor. I rank Alor as just as good as RA for me, and I probably flip flop between which I like more
  
• Usually when people talk about the best diving in Indonesia, RA and Komodo are the two that are most named. I whole-heartedly believe that Alor is on its way to becoming the third and it’s only a matter of time before everyone catches on and this place explodes in popularity. It’s that damn good Given the quality of dive sites and how close they are, I feel comfortable in saying that Alor is the single best pound for pound diving location I’ve been to. Nowhere I’ve been has this many quality sites in such a compact area. RA, Komodo, and Palau are technically one area too, but the dive sites are way more spread out and sometimes require hours to get to.
  
• To give you some context on how remote and unvisited it is – you simply cannot decide to walk up and dive this place last minute. You absolutely need to plan it out at least a few months in advance, sometimes 8-10+, and you probably need to be somewhat flexible too. Some dive resorts I contacted were actually booked up this far in advance. There are no hotels, guesthouses, etc., so you need to either stay with the dive resort, or you need their help in booking a local homestay or bungalow. And most dive resorts are small, only catering to 6-10 divers at a time at most
  
• These small group sizes are actually a bit of a negative, IMO. Because most dive shops only have 1-2 boats at most, if you’re overlapping with divers of different experience levels or people have other requests or preferences, you’re gonna be pulled in one way or another based on the group as a whole
  
• Truly wild, wild diving here. There is no tourism industry. Dive sites are still being found and figured out on the spot. Lots to still see that aren’t formally written down or documented. Not even RA is like that anymore. This is one of the final frontiers of untouched diving
  
• It’s kinda funny because no one seems to agree as to what these exact sites and site names are. Google “Alor dive sites” and ask all the dive companies what they call a particular site and you’ll probably get a few different names in return
  

Palau (25 dives)

Difficulty:

• Palau as a whole had some of the more tricky diving that I experienced on this trip. Maybe a bit more difficult than Komodo's diving. I definitely think you need to have a minimum skill level to comfortably dive here. That’ll probably differ from person to person, but overall, I think that while you don’t have to be an expert, you gotta be comfortable in the water at the least.
  
• There were currents on most dives, ranging from mild to rapid. They weren’t necessarily the strongest currents I’ve faced, but they were some of the trickiest. The currents pushed you up sometimes, down others, and changed directions frequently
  
• The strongest currents I faced were on the dives where you hooked in and watched pelagics, so I don’t really consider that to be a difficult situation where you need to dive against or with the current. But it’s worth noting since you might have to swim through or against current to get down there in the first place and hook yourself in
  

Wildlife:

• The most shark activity of any warm water diving I’ve ever done. On the hooked dives, we saw at least 10+ sharks every time, oftentimes many in the same camera frame, in addition to some manta action and lots of turtles too. These hooked dive sites also had a great amount of fish activity as well I saw the most medium to big-sized fish activity in Palau relative to anywhere else in Asia. Lots of groupers and bumphead parrot fish, for example. I went around spawning time and saw loads of parrot fish during this time
  
• The tradeoff is that the biodiversity, density, and color of the fish here isn’t as high as in Indonesia or Philippines
  

Reef Life:

• Wide range in the quality of the reefs. A few sites were absolutely beautiful, most were decent to good, others just okay, and some looked sad (the corner dives for example. They had nice pelagic action but the reef area around where people hooked in were thrashed)
  
• The walls were very nice, with soft corals and every color of the rainbow up and down the entire wall. The reef dives were a bit monotonous. The corals there were predominately hard, brown, and had lots of dead patches in some areas. Funnily, I think one of the best reef dive sites was on a wreck. The wreck was covered in so much coral it was as if it wasn’t even a wreck
  
• The reef quality ceiling is very high, but the floor is pretty low too
  

Dive sites:

• Huge amounts of diversity in the type of diving available here. Probably the strongest suit of Palau. There’s something for everyone: drift dives, wrecks, caverns, walls, reefs, hook dives to watch pelagics, etc. And to be honest, I found the washing machine currents to be pretty fun too. It was the first time I experienced them to that extent, and it was fun enjoying the ride
  
• The diving here is definitely among the most fun I did anywhere on this trip
  

Overall: A+

• I frequently hear people comparing Raja Ampat and Palau as two of the best warm water diving spots there are around the world. I disagree with this comparison and think Raja is a clear step above with its biodiversity. Palau is more comparable to Komodo IMO. I rank Komodo and Palau as a 2A and 2B sort of situation and probably rank Komodo a bit higher
  
• Palau’s best reefs aren’t as good, fish density isn’t as high as Komodo’s, and the biodiversity of both can’t compare, but Palau does have more pelagics
  
• Similar to Komodo, Palau provides a great range of diverse dive sites and “fun” diving. Not every site is also the most beautiful either
  
• I think where Palau does have Indonesia / Komodo beat, is the amount of pelagic action that you see in the hooked dives, with a huge amount of sharks
  
• I also do agree with the common sentiment that Palau does everything well, but nothing the best
  

Thailand

Andaman Sea (30 dives)
Difficulty:

• I was a bit surprised by the difficulty of diving in the Andaman. I had this perception that Thai diving was calm and easy, but I actually had to work on a number of dives. There were a decent amount of dives that had current. Not sure if it was also my liveaboard, but we were going fairly deep too, around 80+ ft and stayed at depth long enough to reach NDL time on each dive. Not terribly difficult diving, but not a leisurely stroll in the park either

Wildlife:

• Lack of fish in many dive sites. At least you’re treated to large schools of sardines and glassfish sometimes
  
• Saw a very low amount of big stuff — less than five turtles and sharks in total across several dozen dives
  

Reef life:

• The reef health in Thailand is in abysmal shape for the vast majority of dive sites. There are no colors, and everything is brown or stone gray for the vast majority of sites. A lot of the dive sites are either completely smoothed over or are just fields of dead rubble. Soft coral is pretty much non-existent except from a few places. The rest is falling apart. Truly depressing to see
  
• That said, Richelieu Rock is one of the few exceptions to this, which I’ll talk about more in a bit
  

Dive sites:

• Southern Similan dive sites are a complete waste of time. I would skip this area if you could. Mostly “rock diving” as the dive guides like to call it, where it’s really just large rocks sitting there because everything has died off, all the fish have left, and all you have left are smooth rocks. Seriously, though, rock diving? I’ve never heard or done anything like it. What a sad excuse for a dive area, and complete waste of money
  
• The northern sites like Koh Bon and Koh Tachai are a bit better, but still nothing to write home about Surin islands are okayish – I thought Thai diving would be as good as this as the baseline, but I guess not. Mostly just brown hard coral that’s devoid devoid of color, no soft coral, and tons of dead areas here
  
• Richelieu Rock is objectively a world class dive site, and an instance where its reputation is well deserved. If I didn’t get to visit Richelieu and dive it four times on my liveaboard, I would’ve considered the liveaboard to be a complete waste of time. Probably the fishiest dive site I’ve ever been to, filled with the most colorful soft corals I’ve seen in Thailand. Richelieu Rock would be considered a great dive site anywhere I’ve been around the world. I’m kinda surprised how good the site is given how shit everything else is around it
  
• I based myself out of Koh Lanta because I heard it had the best day diving, but most of it is just okay. The only trip worthwhile is Hin Daeng / Hin Muang, and even that’s just decent, not great. Not worth going to Thailand just to dive them. Not best in the world by a long shot
  
• Koh Bida was decent, but skippable, and Koh Haa was straight up terrible and not worth the time nor money to go to
  

Overall: Similans D, Surins C, Richelieu Rock A-, Hin Daeng / Muang B-, Koh Bida C, Koh Haa F

• I’ve never felt more disappointed and misled in all my dive experiences than I was in Thailand. I already had lower expectations going into this portion of my trip since I had just dove all over Indonesia, but Thai diving somehow failed to reach those low expectations
  
• Ever since I started diving, and as I was doing research for where to dive in Thailand, I’ve read so many reviews or comments that said how Thailand diving was “world class” or that it was “comparable, if not better than the Red Sea”. This may’ve been the case many years ago, but it’s certainly not the case in 2023. I was expecting at least decent diving, but after a 30round dives all along the Andaman on a liveaboard and daily trips, I would consider at most five dive sites to be at least “decent,” and only a few of those to be actually good. The rest ranged from outright bad to mediocre
  
• I’d say that Andaman diving is more appropriately comparable to Caribbean diving, and I probably err on the side of the Caribbean being better on average as a whole, despite Thailand having one, maybe two dive sites that are better than anything else that I’ve dove in Caribbean
  
• I only recommend diving in Thailand if you have never dove anywhere else warm in the world. If you’ve dove anywhere else in SEA, don’t waste your time and dive in Thailand
  
• I did a seven day liveaboard that spanned the entire Andaman and I would recommend to only do a two or three day one that focuses on the Surin islands and Richelieu Rock only
  

Anyway, feel free to AMA. No pics because I mostly record in video, and I'm too lazy to edit something together for now. Plus anyone can make any dive site look good with select shots.

Time-Limited Events

ゲージアンロックイベント
Game to play: DANCE aROUND
Mechanics: ???
第10弾
Date: 05/10/2023 - 06/04/2023
Reward: Unlocks the songs 「Hip Hop☆パーリナイ」, 「DDDaR」and 「Crazy Control」
第6弾 Reprint
Date: 05/31/2023 - 06/18/2023
Reward: Unlocks the songs 「スターチューン」, 「1-2-3 Jump![MASTER]」and 「さくらさくら」
DANCERUSH STARDOM GYM5
Game to play: DANCERUSH STARDOM
Date: 05/10/2023 - 06/04/2023
Mechanics: Keep playing, minimum of 3 games per song.
Explanation: Unlockable tracks can be accessed in the “NOW PLAYING” folder. Each credit spent increases the clock’s minute hands depending on the game mode.

Game Mode	minutes
LIGHT	15
STANDARD	18
PREMIUM	30

Once 60 mins. is reached, the song can be unlocked for normal play by purchasing it with an amount of ★.

Song	★
HANDS UP IN THE AIR	30
Tropical White	30
Rock The Club	30
Jumbo Drill	30
音楽 (STARDOM Remix)	30

STAR RECORD (festoチャレンジ)
Game to play: jubeat Ave.
Date: 05/24/2023 - 06/13/2023
Mechanic: Play a minimum of 2 credits.
Explanation: By finishing 1 credit, you light up a star. At the start of your next credit, if there’s a lit up star, you unlock 1 specific song. If you already have that song, you get BONUS TUNE GAUGE instead.
Reward:

Stars	Song
1	Come to Life
2	Brawl
3	Floating Eternity
4	splash!
5	Fireball
6	VIKING SHIP
7	December in Strasbourg
8	Noob実況24時!
9	Ghost Clock
10	XENOViA
11	茶渋シンドローム
12	世界の果てに約束の凱歌を -jubeat edition-
13	Boomy and The Boost
14	Catch Me
15	ピアノ独奏無言歌 "灰燼"
16	鋳鉄の檻
17	チュッチュ♪マチュピチュ
18	Globe Glitter
19	DUAL STRIKER
20	Hero Revealed

アリーナキューブ (Arena Cube) Rewards
Game to play: beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT
Date: 06/01/2023 - 06/14/2023
Mechanic: Access ARENA Mode, and keep playing. Local Matching does not count.
Explanation: After every game played in ARENA Mode, you can gain 7, 6, 5 or 4 Arena Cubes depending on your placing. You get 1 more Arena Cube for getting 1st place on 1 of the opponent’s selected songs and/or if in the lowest class against other players.
Rewards:

Song	Genre	Arena cubes
Element of SPADA†	HEALING POP	60
four pieces of heaven†	JUNGLE	120
	After every 25(?) more cubes, you can unlock the following in order.
fun	FUNK SHUFFLE
龍王の霊廟(Mausoleum Of The Primal Dragon)†	RETROSPECTIVE EPIC MUSIC
Hydrogen Blueback†	TECH DANCE
Burning Flame†	HYPER TECHNO
THE SHINING POLARIS(kors k mix)	UK HARD CORE
Elektrick U-Phoria†	UK HARDCORE

COURSE TRIAL A3 (GALAXY)
Game to play: DanceDanceRevolution A3
Date: 05/18/2023 - 06/14/2023
Mechanic: Select from COURSE TRIAL folder, by clearing once, unlocks the new song. After the period, it will be moved to regular NONSTOP folder where you unlock it by clearing multiple times filling up a gauge.
Reward: Unlocks the song 「羊皮紙の上の銀河」
グレイスからの挑戦状!!
Game to play: SDVXコナステ
Date: 05/15/2023 - 06/14/2023
Mechanic: Play the song on SDVXコナステ.
Reward: Unlocks the song 「Reverenced Flower」 on SDVX EXCEED GEAR
DANCERUSH STARDOM 炎のDANCE合宿～2023SPRING～
Game to play: DANCERUSH STARDOM
Date: 05/24/2023 - 06/18/2023
Mechanics: Finish courses to unlock songs and stars.
Explanation: Courses can be accessed by pressing 0. Players can choose any course but need to finish that course to select another. After finishing all 3 courses, 「最終仕上げ」 course can now be selected.

Step	Song/Item	Mission A	Mission B
	ランニングマン合宿コース	(Running man Course)
1	Midland Mainline RUNNING MAN EDITION	Clear 「ランニングマンレッスン応用編」 (Advanced running man lesson)	Score 100 or more total points
2	★ x5	Clear 「ランニングマンレッスン 炎の特訓編」 (Running man lesson fire training)	Obtain a total of 200 or more PERFECTs
3	★ x10	Clear 1 BEMANI song	Clear a song with 80 or more points
4	Trash RUNNING MAN EDITION	Clear 2 songs with 30 or less BADs	Clear 「Midland Mainline RUNNING MAN EDITION」 with 80.000 or more points
	Tステップ合宿コース	(T step Course)
1	Don't Be Afraid T STEP EDITION	Clear 「Tステップレッスン応用編」 (Advanced T step lesson)	Score 160 or more total points
2	★ x5	Clear 「Tステップレッスン 炎の特訓編」 (T step lesson fire training)	Obtain a total of 200 or more PERFECTs
3	★ x10	Get 1 EDM song	Clear a song with 80 or more points
4	You Take My Soul T STEP EDITION	Clear 2 songs with 30 or less BADs	Clear 「Don't Be Afraid T STEP EDITION」 with 80.000 or more points
	スポンジボブ合宿コース	(SpongeBob Course)
1	Penguin Morning SPONGEBOB EDITION	Clear 「スポンジボブレッスン」 (Spongebob lesson)	Score 160 or more total points
2	★ x5	Clear 1 LESSON	Obtain a total of 200 or more PERFECTs
3	★ x10	Clear 1 POPS song	Clear a song with 80 or more points
4	Bounce To This T STEP EDITION	Clear 2 songs with 30 or less BADs	Clear 「Penguin Morning SPONGEBOB EDITION」 with 80.000 or more points
	最終仕上げ	(Final Finish)
1	Light of Love	Clear 15 songs with 20 or less BADs	Clear 「about right」 with 85.000 or more points

BEMANI SYMPHONY ピアノソロアレンジ集
Game to play: ノスタルジア Op.3
Date: 05/18/2023 - 06/21/2023
Mechanics: Select 「BEMANI SYMPHONY ピアノソロアレンジ集」 on episode selection screen then select the song to be unlocked.
Explanation: By playing songs, you can gain stardust, depending on the unlockable song’s criteria. Playing on Forte Mode gives an additional stardust. You can unlock a song’s chart after a number of stardust
Rewards:

Song	number of stardust		criteria
海神 (BEMANI SYMPHONY Arr.)	Normal	5	Play Song	3
	Hard	13	Score 750,000 or more	1
	Expert	24	Score 800,000 or more	1
	Real	19	Miss 30 or less times	1
	Total	61	Miss 50 or less times	1
			Play in FORTE Mode	1
流砂の嵐 (BEMANI SYMPHONY Arr.)	Normal	13	Play Song	3
	Hard	22	Score 750,000 or more	1
	Expert	27	Score 800,000 or more	1
	Real	24	Miss 30 or less times	1
	Total	89	Miss 50 or less times	1
			Play in FORTE Mode	1
さよなら世界 (BEMANI SYMPHONY Arr.)	Normal	9	Play Song	3
	Hard	19	Score 750,000 or more	1
	Expert	27	Score 800,000 or more	1
	Real	24	Miss 30 or less times	1
	Total	79	Miss 50 or less times	1
			Play in FORTE Mode	1
リメンバーリメンバー (BEMANI SYMPHONY Arr.)	Normal	13	Play Song	3
	Hard	22	Score 750,000 or more	1
	Expert	27	Score 800,000 or more	1
	Real	24	Miss 30 or less times	1
	Total	86	Miss 50 or less times	1
			Play in FORTE Mode	1

熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム
Game to play: ノスタルジア Op.3
Date: 05/11/2023 - 06/21/2023
Mechanics: Select 「熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム」 on episode selection screen then select the song to be unlocked.
Explanation: By playing songs, you can gain stardust, depending on the unlockable song’s criteria. Playing on Forte Mode gives an additional stardust. You can unlock a song’s chart after a number of stardust
Rewards:

Song	number of stardust		criteria
PUNISHER	Normal	15	Play Song	1
	Hard	28	Score 850,000 or more	1
	Expert	32	MISS 30 or less times	1
	Real	22	200 or more justs	1
	Total	97	300 or more max combo	1
			Play in FORTE Mode	1
Stella Sinistra	Normal	15	Play Song	1
	Hard	28	Score 750,000 or more	1
	Expert	32	MISS 50 or less times	1
	Real	22	200 or more ★just	1
	Total	97	100 or more max combo	1
			Play in FORTE Mode	1
デッドボヲルdeホームラン	Normal	15	Play Song	1
	Hard	28	Score 800,000 or more	1
	Expert	32	MISS 40 or less times	1
	Real	22	200 or more ★just	1
	Total	97	100 or more max combo	1
			Play in FORTE Mode	1
轟け！恋のビーンボール！！	Normal	15	Play Song	1
	Hard	28	Score 850,000 or more	1
	Expert	32	MISS 20 or less times	1
	Real	22	200 or more just	1
	Total	97	300 or more max combo	1
			Play in FORTE Mode	1

絢爛なるピアノの調べ
Game to play: ノスタルジア Op.3
Date: 06/01/2023 - 06/28/2023
Mechanics: Select 「絢爛なるピアノの調べ」 on episode selection screen then select the song to be unlocked.
Explanation: By playing songs, you can gain stardust, depending on the unlockable song’s criteria. Playing on Forte Mode gives an additional stardust. You can unlock a song’s chart after a number of stardust
Rewards:

Song	number of stardust		criteria
Note d'Azur	Normal	15	Play Song	1
	Hard	28	Score 750,000 or more	1
	Expert	32	Score 850,000 or more	1
	Real	22	Miss 40 or less times	1
	Total	97	200 or more justs	1
			Play in FORTE Mode	1
nalca	Normal	15	Play Song	1
	Hard	28	Score 800,000 or more	1
	Expert	32	Score 900,000 or more	1
			Miss 30 or less times	1
	Total	75	100 or more justs	1
			Play in FORTE Mode	1
City of Mirrors	Normal	8	Play Song	1
	Hard	16	Score 750,000 or more	1
	Expert	21	Score 800,000 or more	1
	Real	22	Miss 20 or less times	1
	Total	67	Max combo 100 or more	1
			Play in FORTE Mode	1
Northern Cross	Normal	12	Play Song	1
	Hard	24	Score 750,000 or more	1
	Expert	33	Score 800,000 or more	1
	Real	30	Miss 20 or less times	1
	Total	99	Max combo 100 or more	1
			Play in FORTE Mode	1
アクアリウム ブルー	Normal	9	Play Song	1
	Hard	19	Score 750,000 or more	1
	Expert	27	Score 800,000 or more	1
	Real	24	Miss 20 or less times	1
	Total	79	Max combo 100 or more	1
			Play in FORTE Mode	1
The Dynamics of an Asteroid	Normal	13	Play Song	1
	Hard	22	Score 750,000 or more	1
	Expert	33	Score 800,000 or more	1
	Real	26	Miss 20 or less times	1
	Total	94	Max combo 100 or more	1
			Play in FORTE Mode	1

FUZZ-UP Quest
第3弾 PERFECTチャレンジ BEAR CLIMBER
Game to play: ノスタルジア Op.3
Date: 05/31/2023 - 07/02/2023
Mechanic: Reach 1500% Perfect Percentage
Explanation: Each game will check your percentage of getting ‘Perfect’ rating, you can get a maximum of 100% per stage, and this value increases your total.
Reward: Unlocks the song 「The Last Moment」
エピソードを進めようキャンペーン
Game to play: ノスタルジア Op.3
Info: You gain a number more stardust per song play for the following chapters when playing.

Chapter	Date	Stardust
「熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム」	05/11/2023 - 06/21/2023	+4
「BEMANI SYMPHONY ピアノソロアレンジ集」	05/18/2023 - 06/21/2023	+2
「絢爛なるピアノの調べ」	06/01/2023 - 06/28/2023	+4

Continuous, Oncoming, Monthly, and Weekly Events

Time-Limited (to view with images), Oncoming Events (Dates highlighted in red in Time-Limited Events), Continuous Events. Monthly and Weekly Events (Weekly Ranking, jubeat jboxes) and inactive event templates will be compiled here in this document. Use the outline for ease.

It's all part of the enslavement of humanity.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4Q-dOZCzBSo
1970's - Richard Nixon created the war on drugs in 1971, two weeks after he took the country off the Gold Standard, and then Nixon sent Kissinger to China, also in 1971, to begin moving the U.S. manufacturing to China. Everything points to 1971. Think Nixon, Kissinger, and Kennedy getting offed.
https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
1980's - Ronald Reagan makes Nixon's War on Drugs main stream by utilizing Nancy's DARE. They put eggs on frying pans and used the phrase, "this is your brain, this is your brain on drugs, any questions," then began flying in drugs (mainly cocaine) from Columbia and Nicaragua. The CIA then turned a good portion of the coke into crack, using the LA Gangs, and had them deliver it to all the major metropolitan centers throughout the U.S. Reagan even gave Barry Seal an airport in Arkansas because Bill Clinton was Governor of Arkansas at the time, and President Bush continued with the whole process after Reagans presidency. This is what set the stage for the increase of the U.S. prison population from under 200,000 in 1971 to over 2,000,000 slaves in custody today. Drugs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBreuW9LLSw
1980's - Richard Nixon's removal of the gold standard, Paul Volkert's raising of the interest rates to 20%, the invention of credit scores, and Ronald Reagan's trickle down economics set the stage to make America's middle class poorer and poorer while simultaneously creating the environment so the rich could get super fucking rich... and I mean super duper fucking rich.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXJRbju5YfE
1990's - Bill Clinton made "The Biden Crime Act" law, and went after the kids too, as mass incarceration of adults wasn't enough. He wanted kids in prison also. This gave a boost to the For-Profit-Prison-Industrial-Complex and struck a massive blow to the middle class, that were in the process of being systematically transitioned to lower class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DcN6wNKxZA
1990's - Agenda 21 was also created in the 1990's by the United Nations and the Rockefeller Foundation. This is the original "Great Reset". Klaus Schwab later came in, partnered with the UN, and became the public front man for UN Agenda 21, but changed it's original name to the "Great Reset". This is the reason much of the crazy oppressions kind of stopped in 2021. UN Agenda 2021 was over and UN Agenda 2030 was beginning. The Great Reset.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda_21
2000's - It was now time to go after middle class homes. A guy named Larry Fink worked for Black Stone and created these things called Mortgage Backed Securities. He then started a company called Black Rock when he left Black Stone. In 2007, Jacob Rothschild went to work for Black Stone to oversee the collapse of the US housing market, using Larry Fink's Mortgage Backed Securities. When Black Rock collapsed the market, Black Stone created Invitation Homes to buy up all of the financially distressed homes for pennies on the dollar. This was the beginning of the rental economy, as Invitation Homes rented the houses out to the same people they foreclosed on for hundreds of dollars more per month than they were paying to buy their house, and Jacob Rothschild left the Black Stone Board in 2009 after the collapse was complete.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csRQhz_2Ls8
2000's - The 2nd George Bush created the Patriot Act, he said due to the 9/11 World Trade Center Bombing, that they orchestrated. This was to put into law, the rules they deemed necessary to circumvent the U.S. Constitution, and continue whittling away rights to enslave the people. They succeeded. TSA and Homeland Security were created which gave the policing agency's vast powers over the people of America. Notice they never gave back the powers. Our rights are still being progressively eroded more and more, and the policing authorities were allotted the ability to attain weapons of war and use them against the American populace.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yNQCBd6DzjE
2010's - Bitcoin was created in 2009 as a test for the new financial system, as the bankers were now preparing to collapse the dollar. They needed to test the Blockchain. Elon Musk and Peter Theil probably created Bitcoin, as they created Paypal too. It's how Musk originally got rich. So, they tested the block chain by making Bitcoin open source. This allowed all of the most prominent coders of the world to detect weaknesses in the Blockchain, which would eventually become the bedrock of the new slave system, now called Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpNnTuK5JJU
2010's - Simultaneously, Obama began militarizing the police and they went after everyone. The courts (judges/ prosecuting attorneys) also began recruiting and promoting sociopathic individuals that were dead set on filling up the new For-Profit-Prisons. Guilty or Innocent. Defense attorneys became afraid of the prosecuting attorneys and no longer defended their clients. Mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines were set, and strict indentured servitude requirements were implemented for those released. The infrastructure for the police state was setup and 10% of US males were now under some form of indentured servitude to the state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIqNdnDmix0
2020's - Time to implement COVID and take out the small and medium sized businesses to make way for the Public-Private-Partnerships. Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP) will be the basis of Universal Basic Income (UBI). Everyone will be allotted shares of the new PPP's which will pay UBI in the form of CBDC's. UN Agenda-21 transformed into UN Agenda 2030, which has been rebranded into Klaus Schwab's "Great Reset", is now in full effect. Many of the small and medium sized businesses were taken out. Many people died from the virus and the shot. The next step will probably be to collapse the housing market. Militarized Police are dominating everywhere. Those unfortunate souls who get caught in their web have all their worldly possessions stolen from them, and many are forced into homelessness. Homeless people are flooding the streets because of all the shit I just listed... including drugs, felony records, and no hope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6E6zZy0B5M
You will own nothing and be happy. Everything you want you'll rent.
AKA - Total Slavery.

It's all part of the enslavement of humanity.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4Q-dOZCzBSo
1970's - Richard Nixon created the war on drugs in 1971, two weeks after he took the country off the Gold Standard, and then Nixon sent Kissinger to China, also in 1971, to begin moving the U.S. manufacturing to China. Everything points to 1971. Think Nixon, Kissinger, and Kennedy getting offed.
https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
1980's - Ronald Reagan makes Nixon's War on Drugs main stream by utilizing Nancy's DARE. They put eggs on frying pans and used the phrase, "this is your brain, this is your brain on drugs, any questions," then began flying in drugs (mainly cocaine) from Columbia and Nicaragua. The CIA then turned a good portion of the coke into crack, using the LA Gangs, and had them deliver it to all the major metropolitan centers throughout the U.S. Reagan even gave Barry Seal an airport in Arkansas because Bill Clinton was Governor of Arkansas at the time, and President Bush continued with the whole process after Reagans presidency. This is what set the stage for the increase of the U.S. prison population from under 200,000 in 1971 to over 2,000,000 slaves in custody today. Drugs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBreuW9LLSw
1980's - Richard Nixon's removal of the gold standard, Paul Volkert's raising of the interest rates to 20%, the invention of credit scores, and Ronald Reagan's trickle down economics set the stage to make America's middle class poorer and poorer while simultaneously creating the environment so the rich could get super fucking rich... and I mean super duper fucking rich.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXJRbju5YfE
1990's - Bill Clinton made "The Biden Crime Act" law, and went after the kids too, as mass incarceration of adults wasn't enough. He wanted kids in prison also. This gave a boost to the For-Profit-Prison-Industrial-Complex and struck a massive blow to the middle class, that were in the process of being systematically transitioned to lower class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DcN6wNKxZA
1990's - Agenda 21 was also created in the 1990's by the United Nations and the Rockefeller Foundation. This is the original "Great Reset". Klaus Schwab later came in, partnered with the UN, and became the public front man for UN Agenda 21, but changed it's original name to the "Great Reset". This is the reason much of the crazy oppressions kind of stopped in 2021. UN Agenda 2021 was over and UN Agenda 2030 was beginning. The Great Reset.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda_21
2000's - It was now time to go after middle class homes. A guy named Larry Fink worked for Black Stone and created these things called Mortgage Backed Securities. He then started a company called Black Rock when he left Black Stone. In 2007, Jacob Rothschild went to work for Black Stone to oversee the collapse of the US housing market, using Larry Fink's Mortgage Backed Securities. When Black Rock collapsed the market, Black Stone created Invitation Homes to buy up all of the financially distressed homes for pennies on the dollar. This was the beginning of the rental economy, as Invitation Homes rented the houses out to the same people they foreclosed on for hundreds of dollars more per month than they were paying to buy their house, and Jacob Rothschild left the Black Stone Board in 2009 after the collapse was complete.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csRQhz_2Ls8
2000's - The 2nd George Bush created the Patriot Act, he said due to the 9/11 World Trade Center Bombing, that they orchestrated. This was to put into law, the rules they deemed necessary to circumvent the U.S. Constitution, and continue whittling away rights to enslave the people. They succeeded. TSA and Homeland Security were created which gave the policing agency's vast powers over the people of America. Notice they never gave back the powers. Our rights are still being progressively eroded more and more, and the policing authorities were allotted the ability to attain weapons of war and use them against the American populace.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yNQCBd6DzjE
2010's - Bitcoin was created in 2009 as a test for the new financial system, as the bankers were now preparing to collapse the dollar. They needed to test the Blockchain. Elon Musk and Peter Theil probably created Bitcoin, as they created Paypal too. It's how Musk originally got rich. So, they tested the block chain by making Bitcoin open source. This allowed all of the most prominent coders of the world to detect weaknesses in the Blockchain, which would eventually become the bedrock of the new slave system, now called Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpNnTuK5JJU
2010's - Simultaneously, Obama began militarizing the police and they went after everyone. The courts (judges/ prosecuting attorneys) also began recruiting and promoting sociopathic individuals that were dead set on filling up the new For-Profit-Prisons. Guilty or Innocent. Defense attorneys became afraid of the prosecuting attorneys and no longer defended their clients. Mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines were set, and strict indentured servitude requirements were implemented for those released. The infrastructure for the police state was setup and 10% of US males were now under some form of indentured servitude to the state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIqNdnDmix0
2020's - Time to implement COVID and take out the small and medium sized businesses to make way for the Public-Private-Partnerships. Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP) will be the basis of Universal Basic Income (UBI). Everyone will be allotted shares of the new PPP's which will pay UBI in the form of CBDC's. UN Agenda-21 transformed into UN Agenda 2030, which has been rebranded into Klaus Schwab's "Great Reset", is now in full effect. Many of the small and medium sized businesses were taken out. Many people died from the virus and the shot. The next step will probably be to collapse the housing market. Militarized Police are dominating everywhere. Those unfortunate souls who get caught in their web have all their worldly possessions stolen from them, and many are forced into homelessness. Homeless people are flooding the streets because of all the shit I just listed... including drugs, felony records, and no hope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6E6zZy0B5M
You will own nothing and be happy. Everything you want you'll rent.
AKA - Total Slavery.

It's all part of the enslavement of humanity.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4Q-dOZCzBSo
1970's - Richard Nixon created the war on drugs in 1971, two weeks after he took the country off the Gold Standard, and then Nixon sent Kissinger to China, also in 1971, to begin moving the U.S. manufacturing to China. Everything points to 1971. Think Nixon, Kissinger, and Kennedy getting offed.
https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
1980's - Ronald Reagan makes Nixon's War on Drugs main stream by utilizing Nancy's DARE. They put eggs on frying pans and used the phrase, "this is your brain, this is your brain on drugs, any questions," then began flying in drugs (mainly cocaine) from Columbia and Nicaragua. The CIA then turned a good portion of the coke into crack, using the LA Gangs, and had them deliver it to all the major metropolitan centers throughout the U.S. Reagan even gave Barry Seal an airport in Arkansas because Bill Clinton was Governor of Arkansas at the time, and President Bush continued with the whole process after Reagans presidency. This is what set the stage for the increase of the U.S. prison population from under 200,000 in 1971 to over 2,000,000 slaves in custody today. Drugs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBreuW9LLSw
1980's - Richard Nixon's removal of the gold standard, Paul Volkert's raising of the interest rates to 20%, the invention of credit scores, and Ronald Reagan's trickle down economics set the stage to make America's middle class poorer and poorer while simultaneously creating the environment so the rich could get super fucking rich... and I mean super duper fucking rich.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXJRbju5YfE
1990's - Bill Clinton made "The Biden Crime Act" law, and went after the kids too, as mass incarceration of adults wasn't enough. He wanted kids in prison also. This gave a boost to the For-Profit-Prison-Industrial-Complex and struck a massive blow to the middle class, that were in the process of being systematically transitioned to lower class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DcN6wNKxZA
1990's - Agenda 21 was also created in the 1990's by the United Nations and the Rockefeller Foundation. This is the original "Great Reset". Klaus Schwab later came in, partnered with the UN, and became the public front man for UN Agenda 21, but changed it's original name to the "Great Reset". This is the reason much of the crazy oppressions kind of stopped in 2021. UN Agenda 2021 was over and UN Agenda 2030 was beginning. The Great Reset.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda_21
2000's - It was now time to go after middle class homes. A guy named Larry Fink worked for Black Stone and created these things called Mortgage Backed Securities. He then started a company called Black Rock when he left Black Stone. In 2007, Jacob Rothschild went to work for Black Stone to oversee the collapse of the US housing market, using Larry Fink's Mortgage Backed Securities. When Black Rock collapsed the market, Black Stone created Invitation Homes to buy up all of the financially distressed homes for pennies on the dollar. This was the beginning of the rental economy, as Invitation Homes rented the houses out to the same people they foreclosed on for hundreds of dollars more per month than they were paying to buy their house, and Jacob Rothschild left the Black Stone Board in 2009 after the collapse was complete.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csRQhz_2Ls8
2000's - The 2nd George Bush created the Patriot Act, he said due to the 9/11 World Trade Center Bombing, that they orchestrated. This was to put into law, the rules they deemed necessary to circumvent the U.S. Constitution, and continue whittling away rights to enslave the people. They succeeded. TSA and Homeland Security were created which gave the policing agency's vast powers over the people of America. Notice they never gave back the powers. Our rights are still being progressively eroded more and more, and the policing authorities were allotted the ability to attain weapons of war and use them against the American populace.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yNQCBd6DzjE
2010's - Bitcoin was created in 2009 as a test for the new financial system, as the bankers were now preparing to collapse the dollar. They needed to test the Blockchain. Elon Musk and Peter Theil probably created Bitcoin, as they created Paypal too. It's how Musk originally got rich. So, they tested the block chain by making Bitcoin open source. This allowed all of the most prominent coders of the world to detect weaknesses in the Blockchain, which would eventually become the bedrock of the new slave system, now called Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpNnTuK5JJU
2010's - Simultaneously, Obama began militarizing the police and they went after everyone. The courts (judges/ prosecuting attorneys) also began recruiting and promoting sociopathic individuals that were dead set on filling up the new For-Profit-Prisons. Guilty or Innocent. Defense attorneys became afraid of the prosecuting attorneys and no longer defended their clients. Mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines were set, and strict indentured servitude requirements were implemented for those released. The infrastructure for the police state was setup and 10% of US males were now under some form of indentured servitude to the state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIqNdnDmix0
2020's - Time to implement COVID and take out the small and medium sized businesses to make way for the Public-Private-Partnerships. Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP) will be the basis of Universal Basic Income (UBI). Everyone will be allotted shares of the new PPP's which will pay UBI in the form of CBDC's. UN Agenda-21 transformed into UN Agenda 2030, which has been rebranded into Klaus Schwab's "Great Reset", is now in full effect. Many of the small and medium sized businesses were taken out. Many people died from the virus and the shot. The next step will probably be to collapse the housing market. Militarized Police are dominating everywhere. Those unfortunate souls who get caught in their web have all their worldly possessions stolen from them, and many are forced into homelessness. Homeless people are flooding the streets because of all the shit I just listed... including drugs, felony records, and no hope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6E6zZy0B5M
You will own nothing and be happy. Everything you want you'll rent.
AKA - Total Slavery.