More amazingly, Shohei Ohtani is 15-0 against the following group of teams:
Seattle Kansas City Tampa Bay Minnesota Miami White Sox Cleveland Baltimore Washington Colorado
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^{disclaimer: pitcher wins are a stupid stat}

TW: domestic homicide
I need help.
I work with victims of abuse as a legal advocate.
A few days ago I got a call from a former co-worker who took a job at another DV agency in another state.
This co-worker knows I am exmo.
It appears that a family member of a woman who was murdered by her ex-husband, has had her sealed to him by proxy.
The victim left the abusive husband. He stalked and threatened her for the two years the divorce dragged on. He was arrested multiple times. She got a restraining order. She did everything to get away from him. He made her life hell.
Three weeks after the divorce was final, he attacked her outside her home and stabbed her repeatedly, killing her. He then died by self-inflicted gun shot in a standoff with police.
Their obituaries ran the same day, separate, but made no mention of the circumstances of their deaths. Or the murder.
This was years ago.
Fast forward to a few months ago.
The victims sister, a Non-mormon, was helping their grandchild complete a fourth generation family history chart for school.
They went to ancestry.com.
She discovered that not only had her sister been baptized but also sealed to her murderer.
Furthermore, the records of the victim and murderer show only a marriage. No divorce. The record - and I looked at it - makes it appear they were still married and died together, like in a car accident or something.
I hope you can appreciate the absolute horror of this situation for the victim's family!
They tried contacting the church but were told a "family member had submitted their names for the work."
After hearing how the victim died, the person they talked to sympathized but said "the Lord will sort it out" and that the victim "can choose to reject the sealing if she wants."
She fucking divorced him!! She made her choice already!
Sister is absolutely outraged her sister is sealed to the man she fought hard to escape. The man who ultimately murdered her.
She's also outraged that the records show only that they died together on the same day. It appears to the unknowing reader that they were still married and died on a car accident or something.
So ...
Help me out here.
Who are we calling, what policy am I invoking, is this acceptable? What?
How do I help honor this victim's effort to escape her abuser?
I don't need an answer this weekend, but I'm planning to tackle this starting Wednesday.
Thank you in advance for helping.
(Fucking Mormon church)

Getting straight to nitty gritty, seeking advice:
I'm a 33(F) mom, with a 13yr son who has had to stay with my parents since birth due to deployment. However, we all know that you have to eventually come home from deployment and assimilate back into civilian life. Well, after my son has turned 3, hes still living with my parents up until today. (Home of record was Cali, duty station in Louisiana, son with parents in Cali.) So knowing I'm a mom, I travel back home...I was under the most stupid impression that my VA pay would help me secure a house: HA! Getting paid only 983 a month, I had no choice but to leave son at my parents so he can maintain a roof over his head, me go homeless so I could pay for my car Note and insurance and the rest would need to go to my son for clothes and food.(Before son turned 3 both my parents were still working; son turned 7 and my mom had to retire while dad created an at home business so money was still flowing in for them.) My parents stayed unaware of my homelessness until I realized one day that I can't even hold a job down because I'm that messed up in the head to focus correctly on completing a job task EVERY DAY....(long story but it doesn't matter because....)
Don't know when it started but my mother refers to my dad as my grandfather while my dad refers to my mother as grandma when they both talk to me. Example: "Hey, your grandpa taking your son over to your brother's to spend the night since we are going out of town." You guys, I didn't EVER think I can shed my tough skin over constantly being "mocked" in a way of having to be told by my own parents that they are now my grandparents daily nor getting acknowledged that I've had over 10 places for my son to come live it but to my parents was never suitable for them, which we ALL know why they feel this way(had my son for so long right? Yeah, I actually get that.)
Here's what I don't get: I now have a 4br house with a decent size backyard and I'm renting it and now I have a wife who had a daughter be born after we got together. So I've been literally having to live another life while I wait patiently for the life with my son to happen. Yet, what am I really doing still being classified as his mother when my own parents literally call places to fake that its me on the phone, "the mother", they drop my son off at my brother's which apparently my son supposedly doesn't like going over there, my parents have literally taken him on vacation countless times without even asking me if I want to go, do I want him to go, ect. No really, it's ect and I'm sure you can think of all those ect things because I'm the poster for them. But to, since he's been 3, refer to eachother as grandparents when talking to me but in their presence, refer to eachother as mom and dad when speaking to my son.
I'll be blunt and honest: I now make over 3k monthly. I was never able to from 2012 to 2021, provide for my son in a way like a real mom does. But now I can. Doesn't mean I sadly didn't try before when I was in apartments, a duplex and townhouse when my son was from 5 to 8. But now, with him being able to have his own room, my parents have completely let me down by helping me get him a bed. Obviously with that income, I can get the bed but simply putting his room together, I get "We will talk about the bed another time" from my dad while my mother says, "All he needs is to repaint his dresser and move his desk, he doesn't need a new bed right now." (If you want to really see the sad text, I'll post it.)
But what am I doing if I can finally provide a roof over his head but my parents, well grandparents, refuse, to them I'm just a distant granddaughter, I'm literally able to pay for my son's BMX sport which is expensive, his karate at one point yet he stays living with my parents? Should I be giving up my parental rights at this point? Doesn’t mean I won't being paying for his stuff and he's got the option to later use the GI Bill and he's got a savings set up for him to buy his first car, and my living and dead wills already include him as the main beneficiary. When it comes to parental rights, those things have nothing to do with what those rights really are. The parental rights that I should have, are really nonexistent to my parents.
I ask because it ONLY seems that I'm just causing my son to have constant heartbreak when I comes to me. Yeah I may not do drugs or have an alcohol problem but what I currently do have going on inside, doesn't compare to the want I have for my son. To make understanding: I'm considered 'The Other' without the "M". (There's a movie that actually talks about being 'The Other' and definitely depicts something of what I'm going through.) But really, I'm not invited to parties and if I am, you can literally see the petty elephant in the room. My brother asked me why I'm so upset, so angry all the time but sadly, while I almost answered, I didn't. I didn't because when he asked, it was in a semi-joking way but it was verbalized to my parents who were in the car and that's really when I knew, I'm really not apart of this family. Regardless of being adopted, you would think as an adult you would finally find your place in that family no matter how good or bad that place is, you knew where you stood. But no happy mothers day for me, no happy veterans day for me and not even a birthday since they fly to FL immediately 5 days before my birthday because my actual grandma's birthday is the day after mine, but they booked their return flight about 6 days after my birthday so they wouldn't have to even acknowledge me. And trust me when I say, the years they do acknowledge it, again, sadly, you can hear and see the petty elephant in the room. So now that I am an adult, shouldn't I just walk away? Walk away from even my son but continue to send money for him? I moved states to follow my son when my parents moved because they didn't want him staying and living with me back in the previous state.
So if I am no one to my parents and my parents have made it so my son thinks the same, should I stop causing my son heartache from my world and give up my parental rights? Yeah, I've tried talking to my son about it, for as close as we are, but even at 13, he's still too young to understand what's best for him. 13yrs I've lived in this postpartum heartache alone and now, I feel like I need to walk away completely because I'm holding my son back mentally and emotionally just by me simply being in the picture. What am I doing if that's happening?
I need advice, any advice before I take my next steps with my own life. I need to make sure what's better for my son is better.

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.

Bu yazımda Türkiye'de ana akım medya haricindeki medyaların da aslında iktidara hizmet ettiğini, muhalefet medyası olarak adlandırılan birçok kanalın ve özellikle de bireylerin amaçlarının muhalefeti dizayn etmek ve böylece iktidarın güvenliğini sağlamak olduğunu, yaşanan son olaylar ışığında göstermek istiyorum. Çünkü benim fikrimce Türkiye'de hakiki muhalif medya ve onların kadrosu pek azdır, kendi içimizden alternatifler üretmeliyiz. Üretmeliyiz ki, muhalif seçmenler, muhalif zannettikleri kanalların ve onların kadrolarının peşinden gitmesinler.
Öncellikle entelektüel fahişeler kavramının nereden çıktığına ilişkin kısa bir bilgi vermek istiyorum. ABD'li gazeteci ve The New York Sun yazarı olan John Swinton, bir gazeteciler yemeğinde konuşmacı olarak kürsüye çağrılıyor ve sonrasında olaylar gelişiyor. Herkes John Swinton'dan ABD'deki basın özgürlüğüne, basın kurallarına, fikir özgürlüğüne, bilgi edinimi özgürlüğü vb. gibi ilkelere övgüler dizeceği beklentisiyle konuşmasını dört gözle beklerken, John Swinton şok edici sözleri söylüyordu:
"Dünya tarihinin şu anına dek, Amerika’da "Özgür bağımsız basın" diye bir şey olmamıştır, Bunu siz de biliyorsunuz biz de. Hiçbiriniz düşündüklerinizi olduğu gibi yazmaya cesaret edemezsiniz, Bunu yapmaya kalktığınızda yazdıklarınızın önceden basılmayacağını bilirsiniz çünkü, Çalıştığım gazete bana düşüncelerimi özgürce yazmam için değil, tersine yazmamam için haftalık bir ücret ödüyor, İçinizde benzer biçimde benzer ücret alan başkaları da vardır, Düşüncelerini açıkça yazacak kadar salak olan herhangi biri, sokakta başka bir iş arıyor olacaktır,
Gazetemin herhangi bir sayısında düşüncelerimi apaçık yazmaya izin verseydim, 24 saat dolmadan işimden atılırdım, Gazetecilerin işi; gerçeği yok etmek, düpedüz yalan söylemek, saptırmak, kötülemek, servet sahiplerine dalkavukluk etmek, kendi gündelik ekmeği uğruna yurdunu ve soyunu satmaktır, Bunu siz de biliyorsunuz, ben de,, Öyleyse şimdi burada "bağımsız özgür basının" (!) "şerefine" (!) kadeh kaldırmak saçmalığı da nereden çıktı? Bizler, sahnenin arkasındaki zengin adamların oyuncakları, kullarıyız, Bizler ipleri çekilince zıplayan oyuncak kuklalarız, Onlar ipleri çekiyorlar ve biz dans ediyoruz, Yeteneklerimiz, olanaklarımız ve yaşamlarımız, hepsi başkalarının malı, Bizler entelektüel fahişeleriz*.*" (Yazar Notu: Cengiz Özakıncı'nın çevirisini kullandım, orijinal metni kaynakça kısmına ayrıca ekleyeceğim. Çeviriyi direkt kullandım, çünkü çeviride herhangi bir hata bulamadım.)
Gelelim şimdi Türkiye'ye.
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Öncellikle şunu belirteyim, gençliğimde Yılmaz Özdil okurdum, ama beni bilen bilir. Ben ilkelere ve eserin içeriğine bakan bir insanım. Hiçbir kişinin peşinden körü körüne gitmem, daima o kişinin fikirleri ile eylemleri arasındaki uyumları gözetirim ve o kişi kendi ilkelerinden sapıyorsa, o kişiyi kendi içimde aforoz ederim. Yılmaz Özdil için de aynısı geçerliydi, örneğin "Beraber yürüdük biz bu yollarda" ile "Beraber yürüttük biz bu yıllarda" kitapları iktidar partisinin kadroları ve kronolojisi bakımından bir şaheserdir, ancak son kitabı olan "Mustafa Kemal" kitabı ise tam bir facia idi. Nereden tutarsanız tutun elde kalan bir kitap. Kaynaksız, asılsız, tamamıyla hatıratlara dayanan belgesiz bir masal kitabıydı. Atatürk'e koskoca bir hakaretti bu kitap ve o günden bu güne Yılmaz Özdil'in hiçbir kitabını daha elime almadım. Çünkü halen bu rezil kitap için dürüstçe çıkıp özür dilemedi.
Nitekim Sözcü TV diye bir oluşum kuruldu. Objektif olarak söyleyebilirim ki, kurulduğundaki ilk kadrosu oldukça başarılıydı. Hakikaten güzel iş başarmış dedim Yılmaz Özdil için. Gerek Korcan Karar ile Ana haber bülteni, gerek ekonomi programları, gerek Ali Ekber Yıldırım ile hazırlanan tarım programları olsun, oldukça başarılı ilerleyen bir kanal izlenimini veriyordu. Kadrosu oldukça güçlü ve birçoğu hakiki olarak Atatürk ilkelerini benimsemiş insanlardan oluşuyordu.
Sonra Meral Akşener'in masadan kalktığı gün geldi çattı. O gün tüm muhalif olarak adlandırılan kanallar "Tele1, Halk TV, YT kanalları (örneğin Can Ataklı)" vs Meral Akşener'i yerden yere vurdular. İttifaka atılmış bir bomba dediler, neredeyse Meral Akşener "masayı sattı, iktidar partisi ile anlaştı" deme noktasına geldiler. Deyim yerindeyse Meral Akşener'e karşı bir karalama kampanyası başlatıldı (Ki yine söylüyorum, sayfa olarak biz, Meral Akşener'in geçmişini bildiğimiz için ne Kılıçdaroğlu'na ne de Akşener'e güvenmiyorduk ve bunun sebeplerini de o günümüzün yazısında açıklamıştık).
Nitekim Meral Akşener'in söylemlerini incelemeye koyulduk ve aslında herkesin 1 yıldır söylediği, kamuoyunun belirttiği aday meselesini dile getirmişti sadece. Aynen şu ifadeleri kullandı "Bize kazanacak aday lazım". TELE1, Halk TV vb. kanallar ise Kılıçdaroğlu'nun ortak olduğu konusunda manipülasyona koyuldular, Akşener bu manipülasyonu ifşa edince, hain ilan edildi. Merdan Yanardağ ve kadrosu, yine Halk TV kadrosu tamamıyla CHP tarafından dizayn edildiği ortaya çıkıyordu, nitekim o derece Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu yandaşı olmuşlardı ki, onlar için anket sonuçları, kamuoyu sesi, seçimin önemi vs. gibi hususlar önemini yitirmişti.
Sözcü TV'de ise Yılmaz Özdil, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu'nun adaylığının bir oldu bittiye getirildiğini, asla ortak aday olmadığını, Meral Akşener'in kazanması gereken bir adayda direttiği, ve kendisine Kılıçdaroğlu'nın adaylığı diretilince masadan kalktığını duyuruyordu. Peki sonra ne oldu? Neredeyse ertesi gün Sözcü TV ve Yılmaz Özdil eleştiri yağmuruna tutuldu, 1 hafta içinde Yılmaz Özdil hem Sözcü gazetesinden hem de Sözcü TV'den istifa etti!, Sözcü TV'nin kadrosunun %90'ı değişti. İşin en güzeli yeni gelen kadronun çoğu Halk TV'den oldu (İpek Özbey, İsmail Saymaz, Can Coşkun vb.) Kısacası Sözcü TV de ölü doğmuş oldu ve Y-CHP'nin yayın organına dönüştü.
Düşünün ki sırf Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu aday olmamalı denilenler, inanılmaz bir iftiraya uğruyor, bir karalama kampanyasının mağdurları oluyorlar ve üstelik koskoca bir kanal ile neredeyse tüm kadrosu değiştiriliyordu.
Tabi işler bununla sınırlı değil. Can Ataklı'nın YT kanalını ara sıra takip ederdim. TELE1'de iken sağlam muhalefet ettiğini gözlerimle gördüm kulaklarımla duydum. Ancak bu şahıs TELE1'den ayrıldıktan sonra sert muhalefeti tam bırakmamış olsa da daha ılımlı bir muhalefet anlayışına girişti. Nitekim kendi YT kanalında seçim öncesi programlarını incelersiniz, şu ifadeleri kullanıyordu "Sizler salak mısınız? Bırakın muhalefete muhalefet etmeyi, kazanacak aday diye bir şey olmaz, kazanan aday olur" diyordu.
"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xfJ5-J7UzLU" (Can Ataklı YT shorts), bu arada Can Ataklı'ya haksızlık etmeyelim, TELE1 kadrosu ile Halk TV kadrosu da aynı fikirdeydi. Hemen hepsi Kılıçdaroğlu'nu propaganda ediyordu. Nitekim bu süreç boyunca bizim ne Aktroll'üğümüz, ne aptallığımız, ne salaklığımız kalmıştı. Ve şimdi aynı kadro ise, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu'nun başarılı olduğunu, istifa etmemesi gerektiğini söylüyor. O kadar arsız, o kadar soytarı ki bunlar... mecliste Cumhur İttifakı 322 MV kazanmış, 37 MV Gelecek+Deva+Saadet aracalığı ile gelmiş. Kısacası öyle bir meclis artimetiği oluşturulmuş ki siyasal islamcı partilerin toplamda aslında 359 MV varken, CHP'nin MV sayısı düşmüş. Öyle bir meclis artimetiği var ki, 360 MV milletvekili sayısı ile anayasa değişikliği için referandum talep edebiliyorsunuz. Bu tehlikeler varken, bu şarlatanlar halen CHP ve Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu'nun başarılı olduğunu, milletin gözlerinin içine baka baka söyleyebiliyorlar.
İşte Merdan Yanardağ'ın söylemini içeren video kesiti: https://www.takvim.com.tvideo/guncel-videolari/chp-yandasi-merdan-yanardag-kilicdaroglunu-nasil-savunacagini-sasirdi-sonuc-alamamis-olmak-yenildiginiz-anlamina-gelmez
işin kötüsü ve işin trajedisi ve üzücü tarafı biz bu kesiti ancak yandaş medya kanallarından bulabiliyoruz. Nefret ettiğimiz, A-Haber izleyenleri koyun ilan ettiğimiz, Türkiye güllük gülistanlık olarak gösteren kanalları boykot ederek izlediğimiz muhalif kanallar, bizleri aynı o kanallar gibi kendi seçmenini ve kitlesini koyun yerine koyuyor. Muhalif medya bu programı haberleştirmiyorsa, yandaş medya kanalları bu programı haberleştiriyorsa, muhalif medya dediğimiz şey aslında aynı madalyonun öbür yarısıdır.
Biz bunları hak edecek ne yapmış olabiliriz?
Peki bununla bitiyor mu? Ya Şirin Payzin? Seçim günü kendisi açıklama yaptı ve kendisi de - sanki bir talimat gelmişçesine bir papağan gibi - söylemleri tekrarladı. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu'nun başarılı olduğunu ilan etti, bu kalemin namusunu satmak değilse nedir? Ya İsmail Saymaz? Kendisi tam bir şarlatandır, açık ve doğru yazmaktan çekinceleri vardır, kaçak dövüşür, ancak muhalif medyanın en sevdiği isimdir. Ersan Şen ile tartışmasında şunları söyledi" Babalar oğullarına yol vermelidir" ancak nasıl korkuyorsa veya geçim derdine düşmüşse, kastettiği kişi konusunda şunları söyledi: "Ben belirli bir isim belirtmedim" Yahu direkt Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu'nu kastettiğin anlaşılıyor, ki zaten Kılıçdaroğlu Imamoğlu'nu evladım diye tanımladığını biliyoruz. Bu korku nedir? Aynı şekilde İktidar medyası tarafında var olan bu korku imparatorluğu anlayışı, muhalefet medyasında da tezahür etmiştir. Hem buraya oynayayım, hem buraya oynayayım derken, kendisi ancak bir dansöz olabilmiştir. Bu ilkesizlik bu karaktersizlik değilse nedir?.
Bu gazeteciler, kalemlerinin namusunu aynı John Swinton'un dediği gibi satmışlardır. Bir gazetecinin korkusuzca gerçekleri söyleme ilkesini çiğnemişler ve entelektüel fahişelere dönüşmüşlerdir. Onlar kendi inandırıcılıklarını ve toplumdaki kredibilitelerini kullanarak, toplumu ve milleti yanlış yönlendirmişler, bir kamuoyu baskısı oluşturacaklarına (ki kamuoyu baskısı zaten vardı, ancak bu zatlar tarafından desteklenmedi) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu şakşakçısı olmayı kendilerine reva görmüşlerdir. Bugün bile halen Kılıçdaroğlu'nun istifa etmemesini savunacak kadar düşmüşler, türlü türlü taklalar atarak topluma dayatmaya çalışmaktadırlar.
Merdan Yanardağ,
Can Ataklı,
Şirin Payzin,
İsmail Saymaz,
ve daha nice sözde muhalif yazarlar: Hepiniz entelektüel fahişesiniz. Bu seçimin kaybedilmesinde sizlerin de payı çok büyük. Halen de bu fahişeliğiniz devam etmekte, ancak toplumu bilinçlendirip sizleri de yavaşça boykot edeceğiz. Boykot dahi edemiyorsak en azından sizin gibilere kör kütük inanmamaları gerektiğini, şüphecilikle yaklaşmaları gerektiğini göstereceğim.
Tele1
Halk TV
Sözcü TV
Hepiniz entelektüel fahişelerin bulunduğu fahişe kanallarsınız.
Türk Milleti, ARTIK UYAN.
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Acilen Sözcü TV'nin ilk günlerinde olduğu gibi, Atatürkçü/Kamalist hakiki muhalif medya kanalları oluşturulmalıdır. Bir yandan iktidar partisi medyası yandaşları ve bir yandan Y-CHP/Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu dizaynlı muhalif medya varken, Atatürk/Kamalist insanların seçim kazanması çok zordur.
Acilen, yeterli finansmanlar ile, Atatürkçü şirketlerin/özle sektörün muhalif medya işlerine girmesi, ve 6 ok'un ilkelerine bağlı kanallar oluşturması şarttır. Kitle doğru yönetilmeli, kitleye gerçekler anlatılmalı, kitleye umut satmamalı. Toplumsal bilinç oluşturmak, 6 ok'u toplumsal bir bilinç olarak yerleştirmek bu kanalların biricik görevi olmalı.
Yine tekrarlıyorum. Bir medya ayağı, bir medya kadrosu oluşturulmadığı sürece, bu düzen bu şekilde devam edecek. Eğer CHP'yi geri kazanacaksak, sözde muhalif medyanın tasfiyesi çok önemlidir. Çünkü bu sözde muhalif medyaya inananlar bugünün Kılıçdaroğlu trolleridir. Aktroller / Kılıçtroller yaratıldığı bir ortamda bizler gerçek medyayı yaratırsak, işte o zaman insanları bilinçlendirip, gerçekler ile yönlendirebiliriz.
Saygılar
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Kaynaklar:
Cengiz Özakıncı, Kalemin Namusu 1: Türk Savun Kendini, Otopsi 2019 (John Swinton, Türkçe Çeviri)
Orijinal Metin:
"There is no such a thing in America as an independent press, unless it is out in country towns. You are all slaves. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dares to express an honest opinion. If you expressed it, you would know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid $150 for keeping honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things. If I should allow honest opinions to be printed in one issue of my paper, I would be like Othello before twenty-four hours: my occupation would be gone. The man who would be so foolish as to write honest opinions would be out on the street hunting for another job. The business of a New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to villify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and to sell his country and his race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same — his salary. You know this, and I know it; and what foolery to be toasting an "Independent Press"! We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the string and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes. "
- John Swinton, speech in New York City (1880)"

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Head Automatica is the somewhat unlikely pairing of vocalist Daryl Palumbo (of New York City's hardcore outfit Glassjaw) and producer Dan the Automator (aka Dan Nakamura of Gorillaz, Handsome Boy Modeling School). Introduced by mutual friends, the duo began work on their debut, aiming for a sound somewhere in between the Automator's beats and squiggles and Palumbo's penchant for rock and punk. When Decadence appeared in late summer 2004, its groove was just that -- a bright and trashy mix of electronics and rock & roll, the kind of thing for which late nights were made. Palumbo and Automator put together a road band and toured in support of the record, sharing shows with such disparate acts as Lostprophets, Thrice, Interpol, and the Rapture along the way. However, Palumbo's ongoing battle with Crohn's disease, which the singer suffered from since childhood, continued to give him problems while on the road; various tour dates had to be canceled as he spent time in hospitals to receive treatment.
The frontman continued to relapse as work on Head Automatica's sophomore effort began; his sickness persisted during the bulk of the recording process. The band -- now comprised of Palumbo, drummer Larry Gorman (ex-Glassjaw), bassist Jarvis Morgan Holden (ex-Give Up the Ghost), guitarist Craig Bonich, and keyboardist Jessie Nelson -- enlisted the talents of producer Howard Benson to help create an album with a "bright, crisp sound." The resulting Popaganda was issued in June 2006. It proved to be an aptly named album that, without Dan the Automator around, largely lacked the electronics of Decadence, instead boasting a relatively more straightforward guitar sound largely influenced by late-'70s pop. A subsequent summer tour was spent opening for Taking Back Sunday alongside Angels and Airwaves and the Subways.
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To prove this, in the livestream wait until his funds reach 51,376,730 robux, then soon, it suddenly jumps up to 56,986,730 robux. He is also getting 1k subs on YT daily and 250 live viewers at the time of writing this. I am asking you all to mass report him and spread this message.
How to report Geriks:

1. Follow the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJQS7QcnkmA
2. (Alternatively, you can search for 'Geriks' on YT and click the only livestream)
3. Click the "..." button
4. Click "Report"
5. Choose "Spam or misleading"
6. In the dropdown box, choose "Scams or fraud"
7. Click "Next"
8. In the timeframe, choose 00:00
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10. Finally, click "report" again

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Our Sin
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (Rom. 5:12)
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Rom. 3:23)
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: (Rom. 3:10)
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. (Isa. 64:6)
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. (Isa. 59:2)
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 6:23)
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. (Rev. 20:14)
God’s Grace
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. (Rom. 5:8-10)
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Eph. 2:8-9)
God’s Propitiation
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: (1 Cor. 15:1-4) [Gospel]
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. (2 Cor. 5:21)
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; (Rom. 3:25)
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. (Heb. 9:22)
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. (1 John 5:11-13)
Our Lord and Savior
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Heb. 12:2)
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. (Acts 2:33)
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, (Eph. 1:13)
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; (1 Tim. 2:5)
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (Mat. 7:13-14)
Praise be to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! For it is by His blood, His glory, His power, His grace, His mercy, His righteousness, and His love that we are gifted eternal salvation and everlasting life! For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us. (Isa. 33:22) Amen.
More context, but denser reading below:
Our Heavenly High Priest
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. (Heb. 8:1-6)
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. (Heb. 9:11-17)
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. (Heb. 9:22-28)
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:13)
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. (Heb. 10:10-14)

Legion of the Eternal Empire (LEE)
400M+ GP
18:30 PST / 21:30 EST / 02:30 GMT Guild Reset
REQUIREMENTS:
7.5M+ GP
3 GLs
Executor or Profundity
Reva ready or Jabba
Good Mods/Mod Score. Actively Farming and Improving Mods (Prefer: ~200 or more +10 speed mods)
500 Tickets Daily minimum (prefer 600)
Active Discord Use (mandatory for guild events)
Synced and Public swgoh.gg account
Active Daily in ALL Guild Events
Willing to work to achieve conquest box 4
Guided Farming if you fall behind guild objectives

Territory Battles/Territory Wars:
RotE: 29 ⭐️, 7 Reva Shards
We Use EchoBot for Platoon Assignments.
We Use HotUtils/HotBot for tracking tickets, guild event participation, and reminders.
TW: 90%+ Win Record. Adaptive strategy depending on our opponent and team readiness.
We have dedicated Discord channels for TB, TW, KDR, and Bots for members to use.
RAIDS:
We are doing the Krayt raid and are getting 90M+ score
HOW TO JOIN US: Please come to our Discord server and an officer will help you! We want EVERYONE to succeed and are constantly looking to improve on what we are doing to help all within our collective of 7 independently run guilds. We are an established guild with active players who are looking for like-minded, common-sense individuals to join us for the growth and benefit of all!
Legion of the Eternal Empire - DISCORD: https://discord.gg/S4j4ceuYDH
Legion of the Eternal Empire - SWGOHGG: https://swgoh.gg/g/nZu5aA50TVusQFfMqjYNEA/

Legion of the Eternal Empire (LEE)
400M+ GP
18:30 PST / 21:30 EST / 02:30 GMT Guild Reset
REQUIREMENTS:
7.5M+ GP
3 GLs
Executor or Profundity
Reva ready or Jabba
Good Mods/Mod Score. Actively Farming and Improving Mods (Prefer: ~200 or more +10 speed mods)
500 Tickets Daily minimum (prefer 600)
Active Discord Use (mandatory for guild events)
Synced and Public swgoh.gg account
Active Daily in ALL Guild Events
Willing to work to achieve conquest box 4
Guided Farming if you fall behind guild objectives

Territory Battles/Territory Wars:
RotE: 29 ⭐️, 7 Reva Shards
We Use EchoBot for Platoon Assignments.
We Use HotUtils/HotBot for tracking tickets, guild event participation, and reminders.
TW: 90%+ Win Record. Adaptive strategy depending on our opponent and team readiness.
We have dedicated Discord channels for TB, TW, KDR, and Bots for members to use.
RAIDS:
We are doing the Krayt raid and are getting 90M+ score
HOW TO JOIN US: Please come to our Discord server and an officer will help you! We want EVERYONE to succeed and are constantly looking to improve on what we are doing to help all within our collective of 7 independently run guilds. We are an established guild with active players who are looking for like-minded, common-sense individuals to join us for the growth and benefit of all!
Legion of the Eternal Empire - DISCORD: https://discord.gg/S4j4ceuYDH
Legion of the Eternal Empire - SWGOHGG: https://swgoh.gg/g/nZu5aA50TVusQFfMqjYNEA/

I found the free video on this page from the Psychopharmacology Institute provides really clear, concise, and practical additional information to support the diagnostic criteria clinicians use to diagnose PMDD. I especially like how it gives some advice on how to figure out if you have PMDD and the exacerbation of another condition or just exacerbation of another condition and no PMDD, which I have always found confusing.
It recommends this printable tracker as the "gold standard" for daily symptom tracking. I also found this adapted version with room for more days in the cycle. I'm going to type this out into a google sheet so I can use it digitally. Will update this post with a link when I'm finished.
Sidenote on Post Flair: I'd like it if there were a post flair category for "General Information", "Resources", or "Diagnosis".

NEW JERSEY

• Teresa and Gia Spark Vacation Envy in Sizzling Swimsuit Looks (Bravo Style & Living)
• Teresa Giudice Says Luis Ruelas’ Smoking Habit Is ‘Triggering’ to Her (Namaste B$tches/Heavy)
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ATLANTA

• Porsha reveals ‘YFA’ star Swanky designed Simon’s wedding robe (The South African)
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ORANGE COUNTY

• Tamra Judge’s Daughter Sophia Graduates from High School: “[So] Proud” (Tamra Judge Instagram/Bravo)
• Video: Emily Simpson Opens Up About Her “Adult Acne”: “I Never Had Breakouts When I Was 16” (Bravo Style & Living)
• Here Are 7 Questions We Want Answered in Season 17 of RHOC (Bravo's The Daily Dish)

NEW YORK

• Philly’s graduating college influencers face a choice: Adult online or ghost their followers?: The Inquirer spoke with three college grads who aged out of their lucrative side hustles while entering their 20s, leaving them to confront the age-old-question: To pivot or post in private? - ft. Quincy Morgan (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

BEVERLY HILLS

• RHOBH's Kyle Richards Shares Update on Kathy Hilton Feud After Recent Family Reunion (E! exclusive)
• Brandi Glanville calls out ‘hypocrisy’ of Scandoval: Scheana Shay ‘f—ked my husband’ (Page Six)
• 'I am so proud of him!' Brandi Glanville, 50, praises son Mason, 19, she had with ex Eddie Cibrian as he kicks off his modeling career (Daily Mail exclusive)
• Denise Richards wishes her daughter Lola a happy 18th birthday (Page Six Star Snaps)

MIAMI

• 'Real Housewives of Miami' Star Guerdy Abraira Undergoes Surgery Amid Breast Cancer Battle (ET)
• Photo: Larsa Pippen filming a confessional for The Real Housewives of Miami season 6 (realhousewivesfranchise Instagram)
• Photo: Lisa Hochstein filming a new confessional for season 6 of The Real Housewives of Miami (realhousewivesfranchise Instagram)

DUBAI

• Real Housewives of Dubai Star Chanel Ayan Going Viral on TikTok (Reality Tea)

BRAVO

• Lala Kent Hints Tom Sandoval Makes Controversial Comment About Ariana Madix on Part 3 of ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Reunion (US Weekly)
• Lala Kent does robotic impersonation of Raquel Leviss ‘experiencing an emotion’ (Page Six)
• Scheana Shay Is “Back at It” in a Sexy Green Two-Piece Workout Set (Scheana Shay Instagram/Bravo)
• Tallulah Willis steps out in all gold on the red carpet at FOX's Stars on Mars 'The Mars Bar' VIP Red Carpet Press Preview - with Tom Schwartz in attendance (Daily Mail)
• James Kennedy Shares He Is Working On New Music: “It Will Be Worth It” (James Kennedy Instagram/Bravo)
• Inside ‘Vanderpump Rules’ star James Kennedy’s $1.3M LA house (Page Six)
• James Kennedy’s Girlfriend, Ally Lewber, Has a Surprising Connection to Brittany Cartwright (Scheananigans podcast/Bravo)
• Vanderpump Rules’ Brock Davies Says He and Scheana Shay Aren’t Putting Pressure on Themselves to Try for Baby No. 2 (US Weekly exclusive)
• Peter Madrigal Shares New Details on Tom Sandoval’s Text About Raquel, Insists She Used Him to Cover Illicit Affair as Scheana Hints There’s “Someone Else” (Scheananigans podcast/Reality Blurb)
• Andy Cohen Says He’s Always Found Tom Sandoval ‘Very Pretty’ (Bitch Sesh podcast/Heavy)
• Meet the Hot, Gay 'Vanderpump Rules' Producer Fans Are Thirsting For (Out)
• ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Super Fan Kaley Cuoco Blasts #Scandoval Affair, Says Tom and Raquel Are ‘Dead to Me’ (Variety)
• "Summer House" stars Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke celebrate the launch of their new Loverboy Limoncello Spritz canned cocktail (Page Six Star Snaps)
• Why This Could Be A Pivotal Moment For Reality TV Freelancers (Ginny Hogan for Forbes)

Links to this week's episode discussion posts:

• VPR S10E17 🍸
• VPR S10E17 - "Pumped Up Edition" 🍸
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