What are your thoughts on the LSA format we’ve had since AS5?
Personally, while it brings us amazing performances and it’s such a joy to see familiar faces back like Laganja and Aja, I wish they’d revert to the top two format.
I found seasons that had a top two format were so much more compelling for a few reasons. First, there were twice as many chances to “win” (factoring in that in AS2 girls would refer to “top” placements as if they were wins even without winning the lip sync). It makes the season more dynamic and allows more queens to pull ahead and be in the running.
Second, I find it more interesting to see people actually in the running lip sync. I want to see them scrap it out, as opposed to wheeling out someone who isn’t competing and who, especially this season, is likely unbeatable by most of the cast.
And lastly, there’s more drama. The jury vote kinda added drama at the start, but I don’t think it does now because the responsibility of the vote is shared and almost immediately forgotten.
Anyway, like I said I do see it merits, maybe just for a couple of seasons instead of the “new normal”
What are your thoughts? TLDR I like it but I find it more interesting when competing queens have more chances to win and to perform.

So normally the cup and other obj end at 6pm content time friday. Now they expire at thursday when the new season is released. Just a heads up for people planning their games in those days.

My Moto 5g stylus (2022) app drawer just says “ create a new folder” where the hell did my settings button go??? When I go to my app drawer and click the three dots the settings option is GONE

Kind of a long one here but just hang with me, you may find it's well worth the time.
This post has been a long time coming. Repeatedly I’ve seen people worried about how they worship, if they should let others in their family know what they believe so I decided (and when I say decided, I mean, Hermes showed up and said we've got a message for you to pass on), with Hermes and Athena’s help and the blessing of both the Olympic pantheon and the Chthonic pantheon, that this needed to be said.
First thing first, there’s a message that the pantheons of the world want you to know: We are sorry for all of the painful and harmful lessons that have been beaten into you by the major religions of today’s world. We welcome you with open arms and open hearts, we rejoice you coming here. You are safe here.
Worshiping the Greek gods or any gods from any pantheon takes trust and trust takes time to build. You’ve been hurt and are still hurting. It’s okay we understand. You want to honor us and be devoted to us and we love that but we understand that life happens and before you know it, seasons have passed and you don’t think you’ve been honoring us; that you haven’t been worshiping us. This is where you’re wrong. Worshiping us isn’t a complicated thing. You want to do it right and the way they did it when we were at our highest peak of devotees and that’s great but we don’t require daily prayers and alter worship so relax, if you want to, great; if you don't, that's great too.
Here’s a few examples of ways you can worship, honor and love them without worrying what anyone thinks and without worrying too greatly about your safety:

1. Grab a bottle of water to take with you as you take a walk in the sun or moon. Visit a park, feel the breeze, listen to children’s laughter, watch as a bee flies among the flowers blooming. Close your eyes, tilt your head back and enjoy the rays of the cosmos shining down on you and say a silent thank you for the beauty you’ve seen, experienced and enjoyed. Watch the moon and stars. Take in a concert. Relax and get a good night’s sleep (Hypnos and Pasithea will love you for it). Eat a good meal.
   The gods you just honored may just surprise you: Poseidon, Apollo/Helios, Artemis/Selene, DemeteGaia, Persephone, Hermes, Nyx and Erebus, The Muses, Ares, Atlas (god of constellations), Antheia (goddess of flowers), Hera, and Aura (goddess of breezes).
   
2. Interested in mainly Hermes? Okay, here’s a few for you: write a thank you note to him. You don’t have to write his name, just be thinking about him when you write it and it can be a simple thing; perhaps something like, “Thank you for everything and for all the times you’ve listened. I appreciate it and you.” Okay yes that could technically be written to any and all of the gods and no one else is any the wiser. Another thing, start a journal of your walk from above—describe where you went, what you saw, what you felt. He’s the god of communication, writing and travel for a reason.
   
3. Learn something new. If jewelry making or pottery making interests you, learn about it. You’re hitting up Athena and Hephaestus.
   
4. Read a book. Depending upon the subject of the book, there’s several gods you’re paying homage to.
   
5. Pick up a sport even if you think you’re no good at it. Ares and Athena will love it.
   

There’s a lot more but it comes down to this, simple worship is still worship and the gods have eternity to wait for you. They’re not in a big hurry and they want you to be comfortable following them and in no way do they want you to be belittled or hurt for your beliefs. So stay safe and only share with those you know will support you even if they don’t understand. If you feel comfortable talking to the people in your life about the gods, then by all means do so but if you don’t, then don’t.
On a slightly different note, there are several gods who due to what they govern have been misunderstood and misrepresented in what they stand for. Ares and Thanatos are chief among them. Ares is a blood thirsty god of war, 100% true but he’s also a loving father who has always tried to be there for his children because he knows the bitter taste of watching his parents turn from him and treat him like he didn’t matter. It was a lesson he never wanted to pass onto his children; he’s not always successful but he does try.
As far as Thanatos is concerned, he really is a gentle and loving being. Yes he’s Death but he tries to be as gentle as he can when he comes for those who are moving on from this world. He doesn’t aim to scare or harm anyone and he’s always willing to help make the transition as easy as possible. He’s not required to do so, he chooses to do so and it hurts him when people think poorly of him. He leaves the violent, painful death to Keres whenever possible.
As far as other certain acts that were laid at different gods’ feet, try to understand that while there may be a grain of truth in it, back then, the justification was usually, if this god or that god can do it, then I’m just following their lead. Evil acts have always sought out the laziest justification possible when confronted with the truth. Just food for thought as you read through the different stories and a gentle reminder that there’s always two sides to the story.

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NEW DELHI - Rescuers waded through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people after two passenger trains derailed Friday night in India, killing more than 230 people and leaving hundreds of others trapped inside more than a dozen mangled rail cars, in one of the country's deadliest train crashes in decades.
Ten to 12 coaches of one train derailed, and debris from some of the mangled coaches fell onto a nearby track, said Amitabh Sharma, a railroad ministry spokesperson.
The debris was hit by another passenger train coming from the opposite direction, causing up to three coaches of the second train to also derail, Sharma said.
A third train carrying freight was also involved, the Press Trust of India reported, but there was no immediate confirmation from railroad authorities.
As dawn approached on Saturday, Jena said that at least 233 people were dead. In the aftermath, scores of dead bodies lay on the ground near the train tracks covered by white sheets, as locals and rescuers raced to help survivors.
In August 1995, two trains collided near New Delhi, killing 358 people in one of the worst train accidents in India in decades.

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Hi all. I post this, hoping that it might actually get to Snowprint as feedback.
I am a dedicated Tacticus player since September (when I found out about the game). I am a 40k enthusiast in general so having a 40k based mobile phone was great for me. I am also a dad and have a very specific budget for my hobbies. I -more often than not- get the premium Battlepass and sometimes a bit extra because I like the game and want to support it. It's fair to say that I have given -on average- about $17/month to Snowprint since September. Add this all up, we're abput $170 (June included). I know for a fact that I am not a big spender but I would like to think of myself as the average, part of the backbone of the supporters, who give this game life and longevity. I am also a pretty dedicated player, always finishing the BattlePass, the Legendary Events, playing in Chapter Master League, top 100 in Live Arena and top 20 in Guild Raids (also a guild leader without being in a guild coalition).
I was very happy when I read the announcements about both Rogue Trader and Forge. Having something to do with all those Orbs, skill tokens & extra character shards was brilliant and something I was hoping to be incorporated in the game for a long time.
Seeing them live, I have to say that The Rogue Trader is pretty good. I would love it if there was a bit more Archeotech/shard or lower costs but overall I think that this is great.
My issue however is big with the Forge. The economy behind it makes absolutely no sense. Getting 1 uncommon skill badge from the forge costs you 5 common ones (fair), 1 uncommon forge badge (ok) and 1000 credits. That is overpriced. We unlock new characters and common/uncommon skill shards are hard to find. Pricing them like that makes it 1000% unusable.
Now if I want to do that on the Legendary Skill Tokens, we are again looking at 5 Epic (fair), 1 Legendary Forge Badge (too much, cosnidering how hard it is to aquire them) and 8k.
Making the Forge require Forge Badges makes sense, but not like this, not in a 1/1 ratio. If you want to increase a Legendary skill, you might need 5 legendary skill tokens. You can't consistently use the forge to do that. Perhaps it would work if you could use 50 epic tokens and 1 Legendary Forge badge for something like 10k (considering that the skill also costs about 40k) so you can actually make something that makes sense. Because as it is now, it doesn't.
I love the game. I wish for this game to have a very long life and be as successful as it can be. But I am very worried when I see such things happen, because they are 100% wrong in my book and they only help alienate the fanbase and push the players away from the game, rather than retain them.
Please Snowprint, reconsider the economy around the Forge. As a sidenote, please find more ways (with lower cost) that help the newer plaeyers catch up quickewith less money involved with the old player base.
That is all, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

Hi there. I’m a fairly seasoned PM and am feeling burnt by my current role. Not sure if it’s my attitude, but I like advice given on this thread and will humbly accept any fresh perspectives from this group
Problem statement (lol): My management chain only appreciated my role when nobody else was doing it. Now I do invisible work. I am a quiet professional often tasked with the unsexy work no one else seems to tolerate - privacy compliance, payments processing, interoperability, device compatibility etc - and have gotten very good performance reviews for the past 7 years of my pm life.
In the last year at my role, in a company where I’m new ish, I got a surprise bad review. My manager is a growth pm with a very different skill set. He seems to value optics over outcome
Maybe when reading this you want to say “get another job” … but I love the product, my teammates and the company. I very intentionally joined this company and I don’t want to let go of all of its good
I just want to do my job and launch products that matter. I have a hard time with the politics around me.
Is big company pm life just about politics? Or am I missing something?
Thank you in advance for any advice :)

I checked this album out for the first time about a month ago and it's been on HEAVY repeat since. It recently came to my attention that the last 2 songs have backwards narratives and that the album should be played backwards conceptually, so I did just that. Here is my dissection of the story from what I picked up:
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At the end of the Spring interlude, you can hear a kid ask "who's up?" which soon transitions into the arcade machine noises at the start of They Resurrect Over New. Throughout the song, there are video game references as well as bars like "trapped in a game were the trap is the game" which allude to the idea that the body of the album takes place within a metaphorical (or physical?) video game.
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I had a hard time dissecting Adoration Of The Magi, but the chorus and the third verse make it seem like it's about exposure to a sinful life being common in poor areas. Kids "playing in the streets" and having teardrop tattoos (symbolic of catching bodies) is a real plague, and the third verse talking about "Can't be eyes closed when you side scroll" followed by lines about the reflection of said character's life from birth up until the present contributes to this "life is a video game" concept. Madonna is a storytelling song from the perspective of a kid trying to help his drug-addicted single mother live a better life. He unfortunately gets locked up "working" which implies his work isn't legal. Deliver is pretty self-explanatory, about how Chicago has gotten so bad that even pizza delivery men don't want to step foot into the ghetto. "Too much dough" in the chorus is also pretty dope wordplay. I didn't completely get the concept of Chopper, but there are plenty of lines about people from the hood wandering around in cheap white tees and loaded guns while struggling to afford food and other amenities in life. The chorus also helps this idea.
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Winter is completely different lyrically and sonically, perhaps our character's next chapter of life: adulthood, where he has made it out of the ghetto but now has issues with others in his life. No Scratches is about getting out of a bad situation before it is escalated to a point of no return, specifically a relationship. The chorus lines "before we hit a wall, heartbreak, and it crashes, just walk away, no scratches" solidify this, although I had trouble deciphering the verses outside of some lines. Body Of Work seems to be about, in short, Hip-Hop being embedded within Lupe as a part of his "anatomy". As for Little Death, I watched an interview the other day where Lupe said the song has like 5 different narratives running through it, but I really just couldn't pick anything up from the track. I did notice that the chorus was slightly different each time and kinda related to the verse it followed, such as the second chorus saying "howl at the prey" following the verse with animal wordplay.
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Now, Prisoner 1 & 2 is a very hefty song lyrically. It starts with a character getting arrested and charged with a double-life sentence while his wife escaped. The second verse takes place ten years into his sentence, where he has studied law books inside of prison and has grown accustomed to the wardens' corrupt ways. His last resort is praying to god for freedom and justice to no avail. He even starts to question religion by "tryna find dinosaurs in the Bible". The third verse shows him much further into his sentence where he is losing his mind. He banged on the glass and fantasized escaping by getting lifted by a helicopter, digging a tunnel out, quite literally everything. The line "when your life is just a number and release date" ties this to Lupe's relationship with his label, who had held this album hostage until they were forced to announce a release date. After a phone call-like interlude from Ayesha Jaco, a HARD synth kicks in with one verse from the perspective of a prisoner mocking the guards for essentially being prisoners to their workplace during their shift, and a second verse from the perspective of a brainwashed prisoner who sides with his overseers and has come to believe that he is being done right by the system. This song is fucking hard and probably my favorite on the album.
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After that behemoth of a song comes the Fall interlude where you can hear a menacing violin on top of the sound of kids playing in leaves, which could be the album's main character's life coming full circle and starting from childhood again? This makes sense to me since Dots & Lines has such a cheery sound as well as bars about drawing simple shapes: something kids do at the very beginning of their academic journey. "Go straight, don't sine" is an awesome double entendre, meaning both going straight rather than the direction of a sine wave as well as "don't sign" to a label: a big mistake that Lupe definitely regretted. I was completely lost on Blur My Hands so I'm not even gonna try dissecting that song.
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Finally, we get to Mural: an 8-minute-long bar fest. Throughout this track, Lupe paints metaphorical images of many ideas that he wants to see visualized within his lifetime. The "girls reign all over the world"/rain scheme was incredible, and so was the whole "treat your vocal chords like a fortress" rhyme scheme. I picked up a ton of intricate rhyming and imagery throughout the song, but I don't think I should sit here and type out every single detail unless I want to spend the next 5 hours doing so.
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Long story short, the album follows a character played in a 2D side-scrolling video game. It starts out from the character's rough childhood surrounded by guns, crime, and drugs. It continues through his adulthood where he has troubles with relationships, sees his friends get locked up, and fights for social issues. The final stretch of the album feels like a new beginning, where our character revisits his childhood in an alternate timeline where he didn't have to suffer through a crime-ridden atmosphere. Mural closes the album by painting a beautiful picture of a seemingly utopian society.
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It's 3AM and I doubt any of this is even right, but I needed to write this down somewhere or else I would go insane. What do you guys think?

ABB FIA Formula E Championship
2023 Jakarta E-Prix
Wikipedia: Season 9 Teams & Drivers Season 9 Calendar
Session Times
Times are in Western Indonesian Time (UTC+7:00)
Friday 2 June 2023

Session	Local	UTC
Practice 1	15:30 - 16:00	08:30 - 09:00

Saturday 3 June 2023

Session	Local	UTC
Practice 2	08:10 - 08:40	01:10 - 01:40
Qualifying 1	10:40 - ~11:55	03:40 - ~04:55
Race 1	15:00 - ~16:00	08:00 - ~09:00

Sunday 4 June 2023

Session	Local	UTC
Practice 3	08:10 - 08:40	01:10 - 01:40
Qualifying 2	10:40 - ~11:55	03:40 - ~04:55
Race 2	15:00 - ~16:00	08:00 - ~09:00

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• Timetable: here

Jakarta International e-Prix Circuit
Jakarta, Indonesia
Circuit Diagram: here
Pitlane Map: here
Length: 2.370 KM (1.473 mi)
Turns: 18
Distance: Race 1: 36 Laps + any additional laps
Race 2: 38 Laps + any additional laps
Attack Mode 8 minutes in combination of 2+6, 4+4, 6+2
Live Streaming & Timing

• Official Live Timing: Here
• Official YouTube Channel: Here
• Official Twitch Channel: Here
• Official Facebook Page: Here
• Other Streams: Check MotorsportsStreams2 or MotorsportsReplays

Check out the official ABB Formula E Championship TV/Streaming Guide to find out more about coverage in your area.
YouTube Links:
Channel 4 Sports (UK and Ireland):
FP1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCzhBJpSY-8 (Stream starts 10 minutes before session)
FP2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJYSIuNvKDc (Stream starts 10 minutes before session)
Qualifying 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FudePKad-s (Stream starts 10 minutes before session)
Race 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rVl_5JKM0A (Stream starts 30 minutes before session)
FP3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP3o7626B94 (Stream starts 10 minutes before session)
Qualifying 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bVNA7LQ-7k (Stream starts 10 minutes before session)
Race 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMcrgXpH3zw(Stream starts 30 minutes before session)
Official YouTube:
FP1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcN5Xg4MT4U (Stream starts 40 minutes before session)
FP2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4ChZTz4EIc (Stream starts 10 minutes before session)
Qualifying 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iwJJnMCzEg (Stream starts 10 minutes before session)
Race 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjmngjvezRw (Stream starts 30 minutes before session)
FP3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNDzmHeh33Y (Stream starts 10 minutes before session)
Qualifying 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh2CG8dzcng (Stream starts 10 minutes before session)
Race 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_FADqmgP7E(Stream starts 30 minutes before session)

I own a Fazer and until few weeks back, I wasn't considering buying a new bike. I don't know how I came across Yezdi Scrambler and now I'm just obsessed with it. I want to buy it and I've done my research with whatever is available online and got a test ride on the 2022 Scrambler. The closet Jawa/Yezdi Showroom to me say that it'll take at least a month and a half for the 2023 (OBD2) model to come but I've seen people owning 2023 model (I could be wrong too). So, I want to know how the new 2023 model is.