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My wife Emily was assaulted on Penn Ave by the Eastern Market CVS walking with our 5yo on Mon at 5:35 PM.

A man running checked her to the ground from behind, unprovoked.

She lost her front teeth. Info? Please Call MPD (202) 727-9099/text 50411.

UPDATE 12/21: Emily's assailant, ROMAN STRICKLAND (7/19/91), is in DC jail. One of Roman's health providers got in touch with MPD after seeing Emily's story on the news. According to them, Roman suffers from schizophrenia and isn't complying with treatment.

Once I made a stink on Twitter, Reddit and network broadcast TV, DC released the CCTV bodycam footage captured night of. They got tips and were able to run him down quickly. Thank you to Detective David Gargac #D1-1312 for his work and communication with our family. An MPD officer recognized and apprehended him at a bus stop on Penn Ave SE. Shout out to Councilmember Charles Allen who reached out to us and liaised with MPD leadership on our behalf. I don't think we would be as far along in our pursuit of justice without him and the broadcasters.

This is the complaint: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qtoi25no23sph6f/2021%20CF3%20007186%20United%20States%20Vs.%20STRICKLAND%2C%20ROMAN%20MO.pdf?dl=0

UPDATE: MPD released this better video of the assault and person of interest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpbcMBaDP-c

They also released this incident report https://www.dropbox.com/s/wxsvc3bsetxeyh0/Public%20Packet%20-%2021178115%20Offense_Incident_%20Simple%20Assault.pdf?dl=0 I think this release would not happen without the story trending. Thank you Reddit!

Reddit, please help me bring this person to justice.

Police report number 21-178-118. officer Benjamin.Rikhoff@dc.gov.

CORRECTION: MPD Officer Rikhoff gave me the wrong case number on the scene. No wonder the PR file is so thin! all the Reddit tips are on someone else’s case… The right one is 21-178-115.

This is CCTV video of her assailant fleeing scene taken from La Plaza restaurant. https://twitter.com/i/status/1468687420333993987

EDIT 10:42 - full CCTV video https://www.dropbox.com/s/pxgzt07xlku8ati/RPReplay_Final1638926772.MOV?dl=0

Where I think the still active Free Agents in MLB should go, and I mean all of them. (Age, Fangraphs WAR).

Catchers:

Luke Maile (31, 0.3)- BAL, TOR
Stephen Vogt (37, 0.1) - OAK, SEA, PHI
Grayson Greiner (29, 0.0)- DET, NYY
Jeff Mathis (39, 0.0)- RETIRE
Rob Brantly (32, -0.1)- TB, NPB
Yohel Pozo (25, -0.1)- BAL, CHC, LAA
Wilson Ramos (34, -0.2)- DET, CWS
Jose Lobaton (37, -0.3)-TB, BOS
Robinson Chirinos (37, -0.4)-RETIRE
Kurt Suzuki (38, -0.4)- NPB
Andrew Knapp (30, -0.6)-OAK, KC
Chance Sisco (27, -0.6)KC, NYY
Austin Romine (33, -0.9)NYY, NPB
David Garcia (22, N/A), TEX, ARI, PHI, ATL

First Baseman:

Freddie Freeman (32, 7.8)- ATL
Anthony Rizzo (32, 2.7)-BOS, WSH
Brad Miller (32, 1.8)-STL, PHI
Ryan Zimmerman (37, 0.4)-WSH
Colin Moran (29, 0.3)-MIL, HOU
Daniel Vogelbach (29, 0.1)-NPB
Ronald Guzmán (27, 0.0)-NPB, CIN
Danny Santana (31, -0.3)-NYM, CWS
Todd Frazier (36, -0.4)- CIN, SEA
Albert Pujols (42, -0.4)-STL,
José Marmolejos (29, -0.6)-KC, HOU
Mike Ford (29, -0.8)-TEX, SEA, MIA

Second Baseman:
Donovan Solano (34, 2.0)-BAL,NYM
Josh Harrison (34, 1.8)-DET,TB
Jed Lowrie (38, 0.9)-BOS,OAK
Chris Owings (30, 0.6)-LAA, MIA
Jason Kipnis (35, 0.6)-ATL,CLE
Matt Carpenter (36, 0.0)-STL, CLE
Jordy Mercer (35, 0.0)-PIT, MIL
Greg Garcia (32, -0.2)-BOS, WSH
Dee Strange-Gordon (34, -0.3)-CIN,MIA,LAD
Franklin Barreto (26, -0.4)-MIL
Rio Ruiz (28, -0.4)TEX, OAK, LAD
Marwin Gonzalez (33, -0.5)-MIN, HOU
Eric Sogard (36, -0.7)-RETIRE
Pat Valaika (29, -0.8)-NPB,BAL

Third Baseman:

Kyle Seager (34, 4.0)-RETIRE
Kris Bryant (30, 4.0)-LAD,PHI,SF
Jonathan Villar (31, 1.8)-CWS
Matt Duffy (31, 1.5)CHC,ARI
Hanser Alberto (29, 1.2)-MIN
Maikel Franco (29, 0.9)-TOR,COL
Charlie Culberson (33, 0.5)-SEA
Ronald Torreyes (29, 0.5)-PHI,BAL
Starlin Castro (32, 0.4)-NYY,CHC
José Rondón (28, 0.3)-PIT,OAK,CLE
Ehire Adrianza (32, 0.2)-MIN,TOR
Asdrúbal Cabrera (36, 0.0)-RETIRE
Jake Lamb (31, 0.0)-OAK,ATL
Travis Shaw (32, -0.1)-TEX,SF
Brandon Drury (29, -0.2)-ARI,KC
Eddy Alvarez (32, -0.2)-PHI,COL
Brock Holt (34, -0.3)-PIT
Joe Panik (31, -1.0)-NPB
Ildemaro Vargas (30, -1.1) -MIN,MIL

Shortstops:

Carlos Correa (27, 6.6 WAR)-PHI,HOU,MIA
Trevor Story (29, 6.0)-NYY
José Iglesias (32, 2.6)-NYM,DET,MIL,SD
Freddy Galvis (32, 2.0)-NPB
Andrelton Simmons (32, 0.0)-LAA
Pete Kozma (34, 0.0)-STL,SEA,SD
Deven Marrero (31, 0.0)-SF, ARI
Andrew Romine (36, -0.3)-COACHING ROLE

Left Fi

##What?

• Original Megathread - Blackhawks announce results of investigation into their handling of the Bradley Aldrich sexual abuse scandal
• Rick Westhead, TSN - Tonight on SportsCentre we're joined by John Doe, the former Blackhawks player at the centre of the team's sexual abuse scandal. He has asked us to reveal his identity and you will hear him speak his truth. It's a privilege to offer a platform to someone with such courage. - Thread
  • Rick Westhead - For those outside Canada, we will post the interview with John Doe on http://TSN.ca shortly after 6 pm EST.
• TSN - Kyle Beach: John Doe - Thread

##News

• Beach Interview
  • Ben Pope - Kyle Beach: "There is no way Joel Quenneville can deny knowing it." - Thread
  • Chris Johnston - Kyle Beach on the 2010 Blackhawks: "Word spread pretty quick. I do believe that everybody in that locker-room knew about it because the [homophobic] comments [towards Beach] were made in the locker-room, they were made on the ice, they were made around the arena." - Thread
  • David Pagnotta - According to Kyle Beach, NHLPA Executive Director Don Fehr (and at least one other member of the NHLPA) were made aware of Brad Aldrich’s misconduct and did not pursue an investigation. - Thread
  • Chris Johnston - Kyle Beach on seeing Brad Aldrich remain with the Blackhawks for 2010 Cup Final: "I felt sick to my stomach. I reported this and I was made aware that it made it all the way up to the chain of command by Doc Gary and nothing happened." - Thread
  • Chris Jo

In 20 years or so, when looking back at the All-NBA teams, who do you think will seem like the most random, inexplicable, one-and-done selection? Here are the candidates who made it once and only once since the Third Team was introduced in 1989:

Dale Ellis (1990, Third Team)

Kevin Willis (1992, Third)

Brad Daugherty (1992, Third)

Larry Johnson (1993, Second)

Drazen Petrovic (1993, Third)

Latrell Sprewell (1994, First)

Detlef Schrempf (1995, Third)

Juwan Howard (1996, Third)

Anthony Mason (1997, Third)

Rod Strickland (1998, Second)

Antonio McDyess (1999, Third)

Eddie Jones (2000, Third)

Jamal Mashburn (2003, Third)

Peja Stojakovic (2004, Second)

Sam Cassell (2004, Second)

Ron Artest (2004, Third)

Michael Redd (2004, Third)

Baron Davis (2004, Third)

Elton Brand (2006, Second)

Chris Bosh (2007, Third)

Carlos Boozer (2008, Third)

Andrew Bogut (2010, Third)

Joe Johnson (2010, Third)

Derrick Rose (2011, First)

Zach Randolph (2011, Third)

Al Horford (2011, Third)

Andrew Bynum (2012, Second)

Tyson Chandler (2012, Third)

Rajon Rondo (2012, Third)

David Lee (2013, Third)

Joakim Noah (2014, First)

Al Jefferson (2014, Third)

Goran Dragic (2014, Third)

Andre Drummond (2016, Third)

Kyle Lowry (2016, Third)

Isaiah Thomas (2017, Second)

John Wall (2017, Third)

DeMar DeRozan (2017, Third)

Karl-Anthony Towns (2018, Third)

Victor Oladipo (2018, Third)

Kemba Walker (2019, Third)

Pascal Siakam (2020, Second)

Jayson Tatum (2020, Third)

Ben Simmons (2020, Third)

Julius Randle (2021, Second)

Bradley Beal (2021, Third)

That’s more than I thought it was going to be when I first started looking at it, so here are just the guys that made first or second team.

First:

Sprewell (1994)

Rose (2011)

Noah (2014)

Second:

Larry Johnson (1993)

Strickland (1998)

Stojakovic (2004)

Cassell (2004)

Brand (2006)

Bynum (2012)

Isaiah Thomas (2017)

Siakam (2020)

Randle (2021)

Obviously, some of the recent picks could still make another, but that’s where things stand now.

So which one in 20 years will make the most people say “how the hell did that happen?” Personally I’d go with Noah since it’s the only First Team selection not directly related to devastating injuries or choking out your coach, but having watched Sam Cassell’s whole career, that one still surprises me every time too.

Edit: not saying “which player didn’t deserve it at the time,” saying more like the “wow, Paul Westphal made the First Team three times? I would not have gues

TL/DR Understanding why and exactly how AST Bluebird type satellites can connect to hundreds of millions of ordinary cellular phones at broadband speeds in over a million cellular sites worldwide requires understanding of a technique called beamforming. This writeup tries to illustrate and explain some of how and why that is done.

An example

Let us imagine a deployed and operational Bluebird satellite orbiting over USA at 700 kilometers altitude from west to east that lights up a beam cell in and around the valley of Lordsburg Draw in New Mexico near the border of Arizona. I know very little about that particular valley, but Wikipedia tells me nearby Lordsburg had a declining population in the latest census when it fell below 3000 inhabitants, so it should qualify as an example of rural USA. I also know this part of the USA is semi-arid and hot to the extent that cellular coverage and positioning saves lives regularly.

The city of Lordsburg is an testament to the importance of infrastructure as it was founded in1880 on the route of the Southern Pacific Railroad, because of that railroad. And figuratively Lordsburg is the final destination in the movie Stagecoach. Compared to railroads the stagelines were an older preceeding technology.

Let us look at that scene from a distance.

Low earth orbit is fast

Our Bluebird travels with an airspeed of 7,5 km/ second. Passing Texas west tip to its east tip (773 miles) 1244 km in 2.8 minutes it will be back on the same side of the planet again in 1.6 hours.While doing this it plots a projected ground trajectory seen as a faint green line and an actual trajectory in Low earth orbit seen as a yellow line, in figure 2.

This means for our Bluebird that from the time it is directly overhead (blue beam in fig2) to when it passes away from the satellites footprint and the satellite is no longer able to connect (black beam) it is just 3 minutes of time, and then another satellite takes over the job of keeping that particular beamcell connected.

The figures here is Field of view dependent and just my assumptions to a large extent. But AST Spacemobile application states the system is capable to provide service to 58 degrees of boresight (see figure 1). "Nadir" we also call this angle looking straight down on earth. So that is a 116 degree field of view. If you want to visualize that, close one eye as the visual field of one eye spans about the same angle. Another way is to look at the image below. The blac

Content Warning: As the title suggests, this story revolves around the sexual assault of a comic book character, as much as the book itself may have tried to pretend it wasn't that.

Hello HobbyDrama. First time poster here. I've been inspired by u/beary_good and their phenomenal write-ups of past drama in the Superhero comics industry. As their posts have largely focused on DC Comics, I didn't want anyone thinking Marvel was immune from massive screw-ups and controversy either. So let me introduce you all to the absolute doozy that is 1980's Avengers #200, the comic that almost destroyed Ms. Marvel, and would be later described by it's own editor as "heinous." But first...

Who is Ms. Marvel?

So let me preface this by saying that this story is not about the current Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American who took over the Ms. Marvel mantle in 2014, and who is, among many things, a teenager. This comic has a lot wrong with it, but forced teenage pregnancy is fortunately not one of those things.

No, we're here to discuss the original Ms. Marvel, Carol Danvers. Introduced in 1968 by Roy Thomas and Gene Colan, Carol was an Air Force pilot who got caught up in the explosion of an alien device. Granted superpowers, she would become Ms. Marvel, in reference to the Kree superhero, Captain Marvel, who saved her life after the explosion. She would go on to get her own short lived solo series in 1977, while making regular appearances in the Avengers and other team books.

Ms. Marvel was hardly Marvel's biggest property, however, and for decades it seemed like the publisher didn't know what to do with her. Her solo books never did too well, and she seemed better suited to staying as part of a team, particularly the Avengers. She would also go through numerous name, power, and costume changes, most famously settling on the one-piece swimsuit that would become her iconic look. In 2012, she assumed the mantle of Captain Marvel, along with a slightly more reasonable costume, and has retained the title ever since. Considering that her MCU debut skipped the "Ms." phase and went straight for the "Captain" moniker, that change is likely to stay.

But through all the ups and downs, she's always had her fans. And there was no down they had to weather worse than the infamous Avengers #200.

The Birth of Marcus

In October, 1980, Marvel released it's [200t

Ranking Changes From End of 2020 to End of 2021

Heavyweight

• Ranking Improvements

+6 Ciryl Gane (#7 - #1)

+6 Marcin Tybura (#15 - #9)

+1 Francis Ngannou (#1 - C)

+1 Derrick Lewis (#4 - #3)

+1 Alexander Volkov (#6 - #5)

• Ranking Declines

-3 Jairzinho Rozenstruik (#3 - #6)

-3 Augusto Sakai (#9 - #12)

-2 Stipe Miocic (C - #2)

-2 Curtis Blaydes (#2 - #4)

-2 Walt Harris (#12 - #14)

-1 Segei Pavlovich (#14 - #15)

• New Additions to Rankings

Chris Daukus (#7)

Tom Aspinall (#10)

Tai Tuivasa (#11)

• No Longer Ranked (From)

Alistair Overeem (#5)

Aleksei Oleinik (#10)

Junior Dos Santos (#11)

**Shamil Abdurakhimov (#8). and Blagoy Ivanov (#13) kept position

Light Heavyweight

• Ranking Improvements

+5 Magomed Ankalaev (#11 - #6)

+3 Jiri Prochazka (#5 - #2)

+3 Paul Craig (#14 - #11)

+3 Jamahal Hill (#15 - #12)

+2 Anthony Smith (#6 - #4)

+1 Glover Teixeira (#1 - C)

+1 Aleksander Rakic (#4 - #3)

• Ranking Declines

-4 Dominick Reyes (#3 - #7)

-3 Thiago Santos (#2 - #5)

-2 Jimmy Crute (#12 - #14)

-1 Jan Blachowicz (#C - #1)

-1 Volkan Oezdemir (#7 - #8)

-1 Nikita Krylov (#8 - #9)

-1 Johnny Walter (#9 - #10)

• New Additions to Rankings

Ion Cutelaba (#15)

• No Longer Ranked (From)

Misha Cirkunov (#10)

**Ryan Spann (#13) kept position

Middleweight

• Ranking Improvements

+3 Marvin Vettori (#5 - #2)

+3 Derek Brunson (#7 - #4)

+3 Brad Tavares (#14 - #11)

• Ranking Declines

-4 Darren Till (#4 - #8)

-4 Kevin Holland (#10 - #14)

-4 Chris Weidman (#11- #15)

-3 Paulo Costa (#2 - #5)

-2 Kelvin Gastelum (#8 - #10)

• New Additions to Rankings

Sean Strickland (#7)

Nassourdine Imavov (#12)

Andre Muniz (#13)

• No Longer Ranked (From)

Edmen Shahbazyan (#12)

Omari Akhmedov (#13)

Ian Heinisch (#15)

**Israel Adesanya (C), Robert Whittaker (#1), Jared Cannonier (#3(, Jack Hermansson (#6), and Uriah Hall (#9) kept position

Welterweight

• Ranking Improvements

+8 Belal Muhammad (#13 - #5)

+6 Vincente Luque (#10 - #4)

+4 Khazmat Chimaev (15# - 11#)

+1 Neil Magny (#9 - #8)

• Ranking Declines

-2 Jorge Masvidal (#4 - #6)

-2 Stephen Thompson (#5 - #7)

-2 Michael Chiesa (#8 - #10)

-1 Geoff Neal (#11 - #12)

• New Additions to Rankings

Sean Brady (#9)

Jingliang Li (#13)

Santiago Ponzinibbio (#14)

Muslim Salikhov (#15)

• No Longer Ranked (From)

Tyron Woodley (#6)

Damian Maia (#7)

Ant

First of all, spoilers for current progress of the Mosconi Cup in this post. I just wanted to vent about the dumb shit I see on social media over this year's event.

For those who aren't caught up on the latest drama, we had two major clusterfucks in the 2021 Mosconi Cup. The first is that Earl Strickland was slated to play, but was disqualified at the last minute because UK health officials found out someone on his flight had COVID, and reached out to everyone who might have come in contact.

Europe has rules for situations like this, and generally speaking... if you've been vaccinated, you're not required to do much except follow the usual precautions and make sure you're not showing any symptoms. But if you're unvaccinated, and in a higher risk category, the rules are stricter, you're expected to quarantine for at least 10 days. Earl is 60, and he was the only player out of 10 to not be vaccinated, so he falls under that high risk category. The rules are spelled out on page 7 of this pdf.

Now, I'm sure some people will want to argue about whether these precautions are excessive or not. If you really have to, just remember to keep it polite. At the end of the day, here's what matters: if you go to a foreign country, you have to abide by their laws, whether you agree with them or not. These rules were posted long before anyone got on an airplane for the cup, that PDF wasn't written last week. If I were going to a foreign country, the first thing I'd look up are the covid rules.

Anyway, Earl (understandably!) wasn't happy, and posted a rant where he dropped some news about Billy Thorpe apparently being banned for 2 years due to a failed drug test for weed. He then proceeded to take a left turn and bitch about the WPA. He also claimed he wasn't being compensated but JJ says otherwise. Because this problem was discovered the day before the cup, it was too late to fly in a new player, so Jeremy Jones (the team captain) replaced him. The second crisis happened in one of JJ's matches.

JJ, at age 50, was an underdog against any of the Euros. Fargo rated him 50 points below his opponent, David Alcaide. But he can still play at a high level, and took David to the hill. At 4-4, the balls are tied up, and they engage in a g

This is part one of this list. This list is based off of accomplishments in the NBA (or ABA), not college or international leagues. Please let me know of any mistakes or if I missed something.

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Key:

AS - All-Star

AN - All-NBA, All-ABA, All-BAA

AD - All-Defensive

AR - All-Rookie

MVP - Most Valuable Player

FMVP- Finals Most Valuable Player

DPOY - Defensive Player of the Year

6MOY - Sixth Man of the Year

MIP- Most Improved Player

COTY - Coach of the Year

EOTY- Executive of the Year

ScrC - Points Leader

AstC - Assists Leader

RebC - Rebounds Leader

StlC - Steals Leader

BlkC - Blocks Leader

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Acadia University (1): Brian Heaney (1969-70) - 2.0/0.3/0.4 - 14 G

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Akron (4): Bill Turner (1967-1973) - 5.4/3.5/0.6 - 294 G

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Alabama (32): Latrell Sprewell (1992-2005) - 18.3/4.1/4.0 - 913 G - 4x AS, 1x AN, 1x AD, AR

Honorable Mentions: Antonio McDyess, Robert Horry, Mo Williams, Gerald Wallace

Active: JaMychal Green, Collin Sexton, Kira Lewis Jr, Herb Jones, Joshua Primo

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Alabama A&M (1): Mickell Gladness (2011-12) - 2.2/2.2/0.2 - 26 G

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Alabama at Birmingham (11): Elijah Millsap (2015-2017) - 4.2/2.8/1.1 - 69 G

Active: Nate Darling

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Alabama State (2): Kevin Loder (1981-84) - 5.9/2.3/1.2 - 148 G

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Alabama-Huntsville (1): Josh Magette (2017-20) - 2.2/1.0/2.4 - 26 G

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Albany State (5): Caldwell Jones (1973-1990) - 7.9/8.2/1.4 - 1299 G - 1x AS, 2x AD

Honorable Mention: Wil Jones

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Albertson College of Idaho (1): Elgin Baylor (1958-72) - 27.4/13.5/4.3 - 846 G - HOF, 11x AS, 10x AN, ROY

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Alcorn State (6): Lindsey Hunter (1993-2010) - 8.5/2.2/2.7 - 937 G - 2x Champ, AR

Honorable Mention: Larry Smith

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Alliance College (1): Don Asmonga (1953-54) - 0.7/0.1/0.7 - 7 G

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American (2): Kermit Washington (1973-82, 1987) - 9.2/8.3/1.4 - 507 G - 1x AS, 2x AD

Honorable Mention: Andre Ingram

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American International (1): Mario Elie (1990-2001) - 8.6/2.8/2.6 - 732 G - 3x Champ

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Appalachian State (1): Belus Smawley (1947-51) - 12.7/2.8/23 - 261 G

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Arizona (60): Gilbert Arenas (2001-12) - 20.7/3.9/5.3 - 552 G - 3x AS, 3x AN, MIP

Honorable Mentions: Andre Iguodala, Jason Terry, Richard Jefferson, Mike Bibby, Damon Stoudamire, Steve Kerr

Active: Deandre Ayton, Aaron Gordon, Josh Green, Solomon Hill, Andre Iguodala, Stanley Johnson, Lauri Markkanean, TJ McConnell, Zeke Nnaji

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Christmas is behind us and my grandparents gave me some money to buy books (they never know which ones to get me, plus I read books in English and erm... my grandparents can't read English at all, so it's a bit hard for them to order books in this language xD).

Anyway!

Do you have some recommendations with LGBTQ+ representation? Any length, series or standalone, big or short books... Mostly fantasy or historical novels though.

In case you are searching for books yourself, here are some of the last books that I read and enjoyed or in my TBR pile with queer representation:

• The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller (well... achillean couple? xD)
• Pantomime, by Laura Lam (the protagonist is intersex, enby and bi + some other characters are queer)
• The Gracekeepers, by Kristy Logan (lesbians)
• Girls of Paper and Fire, by Natasha Ngan (lesbians)
• The Wolfsong's series, by TJ Klune (4 books with 4 MxM couples, including two bi characters and an ace one)
• Beyond the Black Door, by A. M. Strickland (ace, maybe aroace but I don't know) TBR
• Raybearer, by Jordan Ifueko (seems like the protagonist is ace and multiple characters in the cast are queer too, but not sure, it's in my TBR)
• A Clash of Steel, by C.B. Lee (lesbian and achillean couples, TBR)

And in my current basket, I have:

• Iron Widow, by Xiran Jay Zhao (bi/pan, polyamorous relationship)
• A Lake of Feather and Moonbeams, by Dax Murray (polyamorous relationship, enby character)
• The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, by Mackenzi Lee (apparently, bi, lesbian, ace (but maybe ace is only in the second book?) and a bit of everything representation xD)
• (plus the books following Girls of Paper and Fire and Pantomime)

Ok, this post is way too long, but maybe I was able to give some of you ideas of books to read and maybe some of you will have more to give me, who knows!

Lots of love to everyone who needs some!

EDIT: Here's the list of the propositions in the comment section:

• Timekeeper by Tara Sim
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
• As I Descended by Robin Talley (apparently, basically lesbian Macbeth)
• The Seep by Chana Porter (trans lesbian)
• On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden (graphic novel)
• Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden (graphic novel)
• Mooncakes by Wendy Zu and Suzanne Walker (graphic novel) (F/NB relationship)
• A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers (enby)
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (achillean couple, happy en

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Узрите финалистов ежегодного конкурса иллюзий, который проводится под эгидой американской некоммерческой организации Neural Correlate Society, популяризирующей научные исследования в области человеческого восприятия. И поучаствуйте в проставлении им баллов по пятизвездной шкале на сайте конкурса до 19 декабря. По совокупности всех полученных звезд будут определены три лучшие иллюзии 2021 года.

Два кольца на расстоянии вроде бы совершают полные обороты (360°) вокруг оси, а вблизи лишь колыхаются вполоборота (180°) туда-сюда. А все потому, что зрительная система учитывает наши знания физических особенностей мира: кольца не могут проходить друг сквозь друга! Если одно из колец «разомкнуть» в нужных местах, так чтобы второе проходило сквозь пазы, то оба будут вращаться даже рядышком. (Авторы: Dawei Bai & Brent Strickland, Франция.)

Также наша зрительная система чувствительна к границам, с помощью которых она распознает объекты. Если видимых границ нет, то объекты могут быть распознаны благодаря одному лишь движению. На паузе вы увидите лишь бессчетные огоньки да звездочки, но в движении возникают ночной город и небесный колосс. (Авторы: Christopher Tyler, David Phillips, Великобритания.)

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Какого цвета кроксы, если подсвечены носоксы? При зеленой подсветке изображения они кажутся бело-золотыми, хотя на самом деле черно-синие (не будем уточнять цвета, пусть ваше зрение само решит). Если же зрительная система убеждена в том, что носки в действительности белые, тогда она сможет, наверно, «додумать» истинный цвет обуви без учета подсветки. А если носки на картинке забелить искусственно, то все люди видят одинаково: кроксы серые! Очередная вариация на тему того самого платья. (Авторы: Pascal Wallisch, Michael Karlovich, США.)

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Феномен слепоты к постепенным изменениям обычно изучается на примере отдельных объектов (исчезновение предмета, изменение выражения лица и т. п.), но данное видео демонстрирует, что даже множественные метаморфозы могут остаться незамеченными для наблюдателя. (Автор: Michael A. Cohen, США.)

Мерцающие огни почему-то подергиваются с большей амплитудой, чем непрерывный свет, даже

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Hello there!

This year, I'm doing a themed bingo square with trans or nonbinary characters in every book. As such, I've spent a lot of time (too much time) compiling books that fit for each square. I had originally intended to post this list after finishing my board with a write-up, but seeing as we are past halfway through the bingo year and I'm on track to finish pretty late, I’ve decided to put this up early so it can hopefully actually be helpful for people still looking to fill their boards.

Books are listed under each category they fit, but I didn’t always check for some of the harder ones (eg. first person, forest setting) if they fit something obvious (eg. published in 2021, cat squasher). Books are sourced from the recommendations thread, the focus thread, the queersff database, readsrainbow, various Goodreads lists, and various threads in other subreddits. Also, disclaimer, I haven't read all these, so categorizations may be inaccurate. Please let me know if you notice that this is the case, or if there are any books I should add or remove!

Without further ado, here's my list of 250+ books that qualify for the trans/NB character square plus at least one other square:

Five Short Stories

Behind the Sun, Above the Moon edited by Brooklyn Ray

Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories by Sandra McDonald

Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K Jarboe

Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn’t Die edited by Dave Ring

Homesick: Stories by Nino Cipri

Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edited by Joshua Whitehead

Love: Beyond Body, Space, and Time edited by Hope Nicholson

Maiden, Mother, and Crone: Fantastical Trans Femmes edited by Gwen Benaway

Meanwhile, Elsewhere edited by Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett

No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll

Portland Diary: Short Stories 2016/2017 by Jamie Berrout

The Other Side: An Anthology of Queer Paranormal Romance edited by Melanie Gillman and Kori Michele Handwerker

Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers ed. by Ly

Cubs (66-83) @ Brewers (91-57)

First Pitch: 1:10 PM at American Family Field

Line Score - Game Over

Box Score

The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”

“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.

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• David Dwork - Source: Joel Quenneville is out as Panthers head coach. No word on replacement.
• Kevin Weekes - I’m hearing there’s a coaching change coming shortly with the Panthers. Keep an eye on my colleague John Tortorella as one of the top potential candidates.
• Andy Strickland - Be interesting to see if the NHL reacts to Cheveldayoff the same way they reportedly have to Quenneville. Told this morning the league doesn’t view Cheveldayoff’s responsibility the same as some of the other major players in the scandal.
• Elliotte Friedman - Awaiting official wording on Joel Quenneville, but sounds like Andrew Brunette as interim coach in Florida.
• Chris Johnston - Statement from Quenneville
• Florida Panthers Announce Resignation of Joel Quenneville
• NHL Coaches' Association - Statement on Joel Quenneville’s resignation
• NHL PR - Statement from NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on the resignation of Joel Quenneville.
• Frank Seravalli - Statement from Florida Panthers president and CEO Matt Caldwell on Quenneville’s resignation, calling actions laid out in the report “troubling and inexcusable.”
• Chris Johnston - Joel Quenneville won't face any additional punishment from the NHL at this time, but like Stan Bowman he'll require a meeting and approval from NHL commissioner Gary Bettman before taking another job in the league.

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