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Lore Discovery Part 3/3: Fishbones, Flatwoods, and Colonel's Burning Secret

2023.05.29 15:31 Gumbybum Lore Discovery Part 3/3: Fishbones, Flatwoods, and Colonel's Burning Secret

Disclaimer: This post is long, so you may want to save it and read it later. Also, I put a lot of time into both researching this and writing it up. So if all you have is negative feedback, kindly keep it to yourself. Finally, there’s a lot more that I’ve been looking into beyond the scope of this write-up. If you’d like to join my exp-LORE-ation efforts, please let me know.
Recap: Part 1 establishes that Colonel is the same kid who was playing with his “baer frends” at the Palace of the Winding Path. Part 2 establishes that Darius Angler was the author of the 4 Untitled Poems.
Edit: Hyperlinks don't seem to be working so I'm manually pasting my references to parts 1 and 2.
https://www.reddit.com/fo76/comments/1327e9a/lore_discovery_responder_colonel_flatwoods_was/
https://www.reddit.com/fo76/comments/135xf3y/lore_discovery_part_2_responder_colonels_postwa
TLDR (mad spoilers up in here): Fishbones led the raid that killed Colonel and all the Responders in Flatwoods, and he could very well be Darius Angler’s brother. Colonel may have been up to something nefarious with the children of Flatwoods (but not in that way). Ra Ra might be Ward’s granddaughter. And it looks like mole rat teeth are used to craft Day Tripper.

We Begin at the End: November 2096. 13 Bridge Street, Flatwoods, WV. Responder Colonel died in the raider attack on Flatwoods, along with just about every other Responder that resided there. The raiders attacked because a Chem Addict stole all their food and chems and fled to Flatwoods. You can find her body and holotape just West of the river. But before we get to that, we need to look at what Colonel was up to before he died. Most people probably overlooked this detail because they haven’t explored Flatwoods since they were level 3, and at that point they didn’t have a jetpack or the Marsupial mutation. But Colonel’s front AND back porches are completely railed off. If you make it over the front railing, you’ll find the corpses of Colonel and (likely) the raider that killed him, Colonel’s second “Survivor Story,” and a stroller with an intact doll in it. Colonel was the “caregiver for children” in Flatwoods, so the stroller may have once been for an actual baby.
But on the back porch, Colonel was burning books, files, documents, and the contents of a mysterious duffel back on his grill. Colonel definitely had a secret and he was literally trying to burn the evidence. And that secret was his past with the Diehards and Darius Angler. If you follow the road West out of Flatwoods, you’ll eventually arrive at Hillfolk Hotdogs, which is the site of Untitled Poem #3 and the former home of Colonel when he lived with Angler as a child (you can find one of his “baer frends” on the kid-sized bunk bed). But inside the bus(?) at Hillfolk’s, you’ll also find similar documents and a duffel bag, just like the kind Colonel was burning in Flatwoods when he died. As a matter of fact, there are other similarly suspicious duffel bags and file caches along the Ohio River. And this takes us to Ohio River Adventures.
Fishbones is a Dirty Rat Bastard: In the exact same way that the Diehards returned to Crater, a former territory of theirs (and site of Untitled Poem #2), the Diehards also returned to Ohio River Adventures. Now, O.R.A. gets overlooked because there is no main quest line that keeps you returning to this area (maybe the grind for Raider Rep), but this place is former Diehard territory too. Now, it is critically important to know that both Fishbones (Bones) and Blackeye are O.G. Diehards. Blackeye was almost certainly Colonel’s 1st grade teacher back at the Palace of the Winding Path. But what about Bones? Well, my friends, I bet I’m about to tell you something you didn’t already know:
When Margie McClintock died in 2096 (as inferred what Rose tells us during the main quest), Meg Groberg took over and soon thereafter led the Diehards out of Appalachia before returning years later (that, you already knew). You probably also already knew that before Margie died, Meg and the other Diehards went against protocol and “shot first” when robbing people. Meg was a true raider in all the ways that Margie was not. But what you probably didn’t put together is that Margie died around the time that Flatwoods was attacked. According to the Chem Addict from Flatwoods:
“Chems Addict: Well, this is it I guess. Rock bottom I think they call it. I still miss him. Billy. I knew he was too young for me, but he made me feel good. Though it's the old Billy I really miss. The one who used to do nothing all day with me but listen to the radio and drink. I shoulda got out sooner when Billy and his buddies started torturing little cats and dogs. His friends... were no good. But that didn't stop me anyway. I can't believe my wake up call was watching people's heads... get stuck on spikes. So... what is an old gal like me to do? Steal all the food. Steal all the chems. And get the hell out of there. *laughs* I'd trade my last bite of food just to see the look on their faces. Oh, I know it's going to piss off Billy's friends, but I don't give a damn. I tell myself I should feel sorry for the little town across the river. But if I'm being honest, and that's what this tape is for, I don't really care. I call myself an addict, but it ain't the chems that finally got me. It was always Billy.”
I want to emphasize the “heads on spikes” part, because that’s something Margie would never tolerate. But Meg on the other hand let raiders be raiders. The other thing that I want to point out is “Billy.” I’m not saying for certain that this Billy is the same as Darius Angler’s brother, but I am saying that technically no body was ever recovered from the molten steel, and Angler didn’t see the accident happen because he didn’t work at Grafton Steel anymore. It’s possible that “Billy Angler,” who didn’t quit because “he needs the money,” could have taken out some kind of insurance policy, named his chem addict girlfriend as the beneficiary, faked his own death, and skipped town. Do I know for certain that this happened? Of course not. But what I do know is this: FISHBONES’S REAL NAME IS BILLY!!! The reason he’s obsessed with the letter B is because that’s his first initial. You see, at first I thought the raiders that wrecked Flatwoods were Cutthroats because of their whole feud with the Responders. But then I learned that the Flatwoods attack was caused by a bunch of chems that the Addict stole, and the Diehards were Appalachia’s great chems supplier (thanks to Angler). Furthermore, Fishbones’s current operation is spiking Mirelurk meat with an addictive substance (chems). And since Bones is an OG Diehard, it means he was the piece-of-shit raider that attacked Flatwoods and killed Colonel.
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Fishbones
A Bit About Bruiser: I found a few interesting details about Bruiser at Ohio River Adventures, but nothing too profound. We know that he used to play football, his mascot was a “battle bear,” and that he spent some time in a vault. The likeliest conclusion from this information is that he’s from Grafton, given that’s the only high school in the region with a football field and it’s next to the makeshift vault that formerly housed a few raiders before the BOS took over. If you look up the IRL Grafton High School, you’ll find that it’s on Yates Ave (likely the namesake of Sofie Yates, a Responder turned Raider in Flatwoods) and their mascot is the “Bearcat.” Also, all the varsity jackets in FO76 have the letter B on them, but that’s more Fishbones’s thing. But none of this has anything to do with Colonel or Angler, so let’s move on.
The Charleston Cartel (2079-2082): From the Charleston Capitol Building terminal entries, we know there was a massive chem trade happening in Charleston at this time:
“Name: Matoukas, George
Date of Crime: 10.09.81
Description:
300 Block of Oak. Based on anonymous tip, Responder Atkins found subject peddling vast amounts of illegal chems out of his home. Over 300lbs of illegal chems found in the subject's basement.
Resolution:
Matoukas sentenced to 5 years hard labor under close supervision, with possibility of parole for good behavior. Chems were seized and destroyed.”
Since the Diehards’ operation at the Palace of the Winding Path effectively ended with the great rapture of ‘79, it only makes sense that the Diehards would have to adapt their drug trade elsewhere. If you actually look for raider activity in Charleston (outside of the courthouse), you won’t find a lot, but what you will find is very telling of their operations. You’ll find a dead raider at the chemistry workbench inside Hornwright Industrial Headquarters. You’ll find a few dead raiders in/above the pharmacy on the south side of town. And you’ll find a dead raider lurking outside the doctors’ offices (which is NOT the hospital) to the north. And this takes us to Dr. Joseph.
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Joseph_(Fallout_76))
Dr. Joseph was a psychiatrist in Charleston who practiced both before AND after the Great War. He had the authority to refer patients to Allegheny Asylum and write prescriptions; Prescriptions that would be filled at the pharmacy on the south side of Charleston. To one patient, P. Davis, he prescribed Day Tripper. This insightful detail is why the Diehards were operating in Charleston in the first place. As many seasoned players have observed, Day Tripper is not craftable in this game; You can only find it out in the wild. Consider the following terminal entry from the Palace of the Winding Path:
“Log: 12.29.77 Since the war, incense ingredients have been hard to come by. We started rationing weeks ago, in anticipation of this, and doses are much lower. The sedative effects of the incense are a priority, to keep people from freaking out.
I've begun to improvise with some other ingredients and found some creative ways of stretching the supply, at least until things return to relative normal. Other chem supplies are plentiful.”
So here’s what I think happened. If the Diehards were in dire need of Day Tripper to make their custom chems (see: Making Incense), and the Responders had a healthy supply of Day Tripper locked inside a pharmacy in Charleston, and there was also a doctor who wrote prescriptions for Day Tripper, then all the Diehards needed to do was register a new patient with Dr. Joseph. Enter: Darius Angler.
Darius Angler was batshit crazy (if in doubt, refer to his manifesto). Angler, who now resided at Hillfolk Hotdogs, was also just a short trip up the New River from Charleston. He would periodically visit Dr. Joseph, get his prescription filled like a meth-head scoring Sudafed, and used the trip as a cover to smuggle the refined chems into the city. Essentially, I think he just made a loop around the southwest “island” of the Forest (area surrounded on all sides by 3 rivers, referred to as “Zone D”). The loop around Zone D functioned as a supply chain/assembly line for producing the chems that were being smuggled into Charleston. There’s a lot of suspicious stuff happening around here: Raider activity, duffel bags/files, bridge control, coffin conspiracies, etc. that I had to edit out for length, but I’ll try to summarize it here.
Hillfolk Hotdogs is where Angler and Colonel raised mole rats for reasons I’ll explain later. Follow the Ohio River south and you’ll soon come to a boat that’s not far away from a crashed truck loaded up with industrial chemical barrels (useful for producing industrial quantities of chems). South of that is a tent with a duffel bag. Further south you’ll find a 3-story house with suspicious files and a duffle bag hidden in the attic (just like at Hillfolk’s). South of that are some dry-docked boats with a chem box and a duffel bag. Even further south is Ohio River Adventure (a current Raider base of operation that served a similar purpose back then). Southeast of there, by Lewis & Sons, is a little “boat” with 2 stuffed bears, which I think was left behind by Colonel as he reenacted his river adventures with Angler using his bears. Southeast of there is a floating Nuka-Cola structure with a submerged safe guarded by 2 more bears, one of which has a liquor bottle. I think this is a dead drop and the bears are another work of Colonel’s. Heading East up the River you’ll find a raider-operated “store” at the end of a questionable bridge. Further east is Charleston, where George Matoukas was distributing the chems. And on the return trip down the New River is another dead drop directly beneath the Bridge on the west side. It’s a safe by a couch with a bear and Jangles (I think Jangles is supposed to represent George). Again, I think that this big loop is a supply chain/assembly line for moving chems and the components needed to make chems.
The smuggling operation also deviously involved Colonel and his “Baer Frends.” If you jetpack up to the very top of AVR Medical Center, you’ll find two people who OD’ed on chems, each with a stuffed bear next to them. So I think that either the Diehards were sewing chems inside Colonel’s stuffed bears and using them as drug mules to smuggle chems into Charleston, or that Colonel just climbed to the highest point on the hospital (as he did at the Palace and later in Flatwoods) and left two bears as a memorial. But I’m leaning toward the former because of an unmarked location in the Savage Divide that I found. It’s southeast of Bastion Park right at the bend of the monorail line. It’s essentially a fire pit with a bunch of stuffed bears thrown in it with a few dead party-goers around the area. I think this is the location where the Responders destroyed all of the Chems, bears and all, that they confiscated from George Matoukas. Speaking of George Matoukas….
Curious George and the Rocket: According to the above-mentioned terminal entry, George Matoukas was apparently the only criminal who the Responders sentenced to hard labor rather than exile. If you go to Rollins Labor Camp (formerly Rollins Work Camp), you won’t find a whole lot there other than Blood Eagles. But what you WILL find at the very top of the crane structure are two stuffed bears and a Jangles. Colonel, as a child, had a thing for playing with “baer frends in high places.” I can’t say with any certainty what happened here, but maybe Angler was the one who gave the responders that “anonymous tip” because Matoukas was starting to rub off on Colonel, and Angler didn’t want him growing up to be a Raider. Matoukas gets sentenced to hard labor rather than exile, with a change of parole pending “good behavior,” which means “snitching.” So maybe Angler took Colonel to visit his “friend” at the labor camp (visiting hours are a thing), Angler introduced George to a “rocket,” and Colonel used his toys to recreate the scene. Or not. Who knows? But what I do know is that the shitty poet (Angler) moved on from Hillfolk Hotdogs to go to the Cranberry Bog, and I think the Christmas Flood gave him the perfect reason to leave.
Untitled Poem #3: I’m intentionally skipping Untitled Poem #2, partly because I haven’t found much deeper meaning to it, but mostly because what I think it means is little more than conjecture. #3, on the other hand, I feel like I can make sense of it:
“white cedar leaning against the shadow of our river
peeling like asylum walls
hobbled together around dignity that died long ago
simple things to jumpstart fogged memories
holed as teeth hidden in tin
we leave our things pinned
winning only the stuck wings”
I think the phrase “white cedar leaning against the shadow of our river” is the title of the painting in Dr. Joseph’s office. Or at least that’s how Darius Angler would describe it as if it was some kind of Rorschach test. “Peeling like asylum walls, hobbled together around dignity that died long ago” is a reference to the office wallpaper, and perhaps another one of Dr. Joseph’s clients, Daniel Boone.
“Patient: "Boone, D"
Observations:
Interesting case.
Patient responds only to "Daniel Boone" and indeed seems to believe himself to be the historical figure by the same name. I'd heard that some of the hillfolk can end up a bit off after lack of socialization, but I'd not expected to see such a case.
Advised that he be sent to Allegheny rather than the Penitentiary for further observation.”
There’s only a VERY narrow window of plausibility to suggest that Angler is Daniel Boone, so I won’t. But this entry seems to refer back to Untitled Poem #3, with worlds like “hillfolk” (as in Hillfolk Hotdogs), “Allegheny” (as in asylum), and “the historical figure” (as in dignity that died long ago). I think the line “simple things to jumpstart fogged memories'' refers to the Souvenir Magnet on the fridge at Hillfolk Hotdogs, and I think it came from Lady Janet’s Soft Serve (not Cow Spot Creamery). “Holed as teeth hidden in tin” refers to the mole rats that he was raising with Colonel at Hillfolk’s (the cat bowl on the floor is for the mole rat that walks around the trailer like Fry’s dog from Futurama, just waiting for Colonel to come home). And “we leave our things pinned, winning only the stuck wings,” refers to Angler’s (and Colonel’s) escape from the Diehards. I’m assuming this event took place just after the Christmas flood, once the chem operation in Charleston was destroyed with the rest of the city. But if you remember those dead raiders I mentioned earlier, there are a few more. Outside of Dr. Joseph’s office is a dead raider next to an ammo box. Well, next to him is a makeshift bridge that goes over the highway. And if you keep going in the same direction once you step off the bridge you’ll hit the southwest corner of Wade Airport. Immediately in that corner past the fence is a locked truck-trailer (watch out for the mine) with 2 more dead raiders and a power armor chassis (sometimes). I think the last line of the poem refers to this exact event, leaving his power armor (and compatriots) pinned in the back of the trailer so he can steal yet another Vertibird. Angler flew the automated aircraft to Watoga. Why? I don’t know. But it explains how he got to the Cranberry Bog and why his body can be found just a short distance south of the city.
Untitled Poem #4: Just like #2, I don’t have any deep insight into the specifics so all I can do is speculate. I’ll spare you the details. But what I think it’s about is the very end of his relationship with Colonel. I think the time Angler and Colonel spent together in the unmarked cabin southeast of Sunrise Field was just Angler teaching Colonel to be self-sufficient (hunting, trapping, maintaining weapons and whatnot). I think that when the scorched attacked Harper’s Ferry in 2086 that there was also generally increased scorched activity in the eastern half of Appalachia. The poem describes Angler providing cover fire to, or perhaps just drawing fire away from Colonel as escaped through Big Bend Tunnel, later to be found by the Responders. But again, like with #2, all I can do with this poem is speculate.
The Mysterious Mole Rats: This is a question I’ve had for almost 2 years now, and I think I finally figured it out. Back at the Palace of the Winding Path, there’s a lonely mole rat that lives in the computer room by the garden. There’s also a dead mole rat next to a dead raider pilot by a downed plane that was headed to the Palace from the north. I didn’t know what the Diehards needed mole rats for because I was only looking at the Palace itself. But the answer to this question is found at Lady Janet’s. Everyone thinks that the two bears in gas masks by the chemistry is just a Breaking Bad easter egg. But I think it’s yet another “baer frend” reenactment left behind by Colonel. Do you remember how the cultists at the Palace ran out of ingredients to make the “spiritual incense” and had to improvise? Well, one of the substitute ingredients they used, and the reason they were importing mole rats, and the reason the Diehards took care of the children like they did, is found in the baby carriage at Lady Janet’s.
A basket full of human jaw bones? Yeah…. Teeth. Or more precisely, “baby teeth.” I suppose mole rat teeth would do in a pinch, but as messed up as it sounds human baby teeth were preferred. This is why the Diehards at the Palace were taking care of those first-graders; because six-year-olds shed baby teeth like it’s raining molars! This also answers a question you didn’t even know you had, and it takes us back to Flatwoods. Here’s a note written by Jeremiah Ward who lived in trailer in the town (and the Ransacked Bunker before that):
“I, Jeremiah Ward, resident in the town of Flatwoods, county of... not sure.
Being of sound mind, and not acting under... duress. Mostly.
Hereby declare this letter to be my last will and testament.
Mia gets the house, and everything in it.
It ain't much but that's all I got to give and... she's all I got.
I know she's still alive.
The Responders say the dogs got her, but I know it ain't true.
They been real good to us. Teaching an old geezer like me how to really cook is something. I'll give em that.
But I know they lyin about those dogs. I seen em in the hills. There's some bad folks scoping us out. They took my granddaughter, I just know it.
I'll get you back, Mia. I promise.”
Mia, a baby who slept in the crib in that trailer, was abducted by raiders. And the only raider gang that ever had any interest in kids was the Diehards. And when you remember that the Responders had a foster care program that would later be run by Colonel once he was older, you’ll remember that a shit load of children went “missing” when Billy (Fishbones) attacked Flatwoods. And if teeth (baby, mole rat, or otherwise) was the secret ingredient in Angler’s chem recipe… and Colonel was Angler’s apprentice for a number of years before he joined the Responders… and Colonel was the caretaker of all of the children of Flatwoods… then exactly what was in those documents that Colonel was burning on his back porch?
Full Circle: So after everything, the Diehards lost their crop of children at the Palace of the Winding Path in 2079, but took the children of Flatwoods and left Appalachia. When they came back, they put Fishbones (Billy) in charge of the Ohio River Adventures operation, who is now spiking the mirelurk meat with a potent chem. It’s totally possible that Ra Ra is actually Mia Ward (Jeremiah Ward’s granddaughter). Hell, it’s even possible that Jeremiah Ward is somehow Ward from Foundation. Since Colonel was obviously keeping, and subsequently burning, secrets, I’d say he was also inclined to keep his raider past a secret as well as the truth about his adoptive father. Like he said in his Survivor’s Story, “he was bad.” Perhaps the reason he kept his Diehard history a secret from the Dassa and the other Responders was because he knew that the Responders were the ones punishing and exiling people back in Charleston. But this whole story began the day Darius Angler decided to get revenge on Grafton Steel. And if his brother hadn’t actually died after all, then it would explain why Angler stayed with the Diehards for as long as he did rather than returning to the Free states. Regardless, this entire story began and ended with Billy. “It was always Billy.”

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2023.05.26 04:03 minebookme Is Cleveland A Good Place To Invest In Real Estate?

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2023.05.25 13:13 chris00004 Grafton monster?

Back in 1995 my ex and I were driving from Langley AFB VA to Columbus Ohio. We were on 33 between Harrisonburg VA and Elkins WV. Very appalachia if you know what I mean. To our right just off the highway and in the forest there was something very large and grey moving parallel to us. We only saw it for a moment as I was probably doing 80mph. We didn’t get a good look at it because it was obscured by the trees and I was speeding. It looked like the side of an elephant, no head, just this big, grey body walking. I said to my ex-wife “did you see that?” She replied “wtf was that?” We were both shocked. We later joked it was Baby the Dinosaur because we were kids from the 80s. I’ve seen strange things before and since, but nothing tops that. I haven’t thought about it in probably 10 years, but was talking to my wife and son this morning about weird things and it came up. I googled WV cryptids and found the Grafton Monster. My memory is fuzzy, but this is close to what I saw. That’s it, that’s the tale, just wanted to share.

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2023.05.17 18:45 mtlebanonriseup Yesterday, Republicans lost the Jacksonville, FL, and Colorado Springs, CO, mayorships, while Democrats kept the majority in the PA House and won countless other downballot elections! This week, we volunteer in Ohio to keep abortion legal! Updated 5-17-23

Yesterday, Democrats cleaned up in elections across the country! First, Donna Deegan became mayor-elect of Jacksonville, flipping the largest Republican mayor’s office in the country. Meanwhile, Joyce Morgan also flipped the Property Appraiser race and Democrats won a new city council seat. Additionally, Democrat Marc Plamondon won a New Hampshire state representative special election, and Heather Boyd won PA HD-163 to protect Pennsylvania’s state house majority. The republican candidate also lost the Colorado Springs, Colorado mayorship to Yemo Mobolade, an Independent endorsed by Democrats! We also flipped several school boards in Oregon and South Dakota, defeating those who want to ban books or enforce local “Don’t say gay” policies!
This week, we turn our attentions to Ohio, where Republicans have passed a joint resolution that would make it harder to amend the Ohio Constitution. This will be voted on during a special election on August 8. It is imperative we get out the vote so this 60% threshold never becomes law. Republicans are only doing this in an attempt to make the Reproductive Rights amendment fail at the ballot box in November.

Keep checking our volunteer from home spreadsheet! It’s been updated with opportunities to volunteer for important races! As always, important events are bolded, and it is being constantly updated

Donate to the Expand the Senate Fund to keep the Senate in 2024!

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Ohio

Phone Bank from Home

Repro Rights - Tuesday, May 23
Repro Rights - Tuesday, May 30
Voter Registration - Tuesdays

Gather Signatures

Akron - Wednesday, May 17 and Saturday, May 20
Blue Ash - Wednesday, May 17
Bowling Green - Various Dates
Bowling Green - Various Dates
Cincinnati - Wednesday, May 17 and Saturday, May 20
Cincinnati - Wednesdays and Saturdays
Cincinnati - Saturday, May 20
Cincinnati (Downtown) - Saturday, May 27, Sunday, May 28, and Monday, May 29
Cincinnati (East End) - Thursday, May 18
Cincinnati (Kenwood) - Thursday, May 18
Cincinnati (Mt. Washington) - Saturday, May 27
Cincinnati (St. Bernard) - Saturdays
Cleveland - Monday, May 22 and Saturday, May 27
Cleveland - Tuesday, May 23
Cleveland Heights - Mondays
Cleveland Heights - Monday, May 22
Cleveland Heights - Monday, May 22
Clintonville - Monday, May 22
Columbus - Various Dates
Columbus - Saturday, May 20
Dublin - Mondays
Euclid - Monday, May 29
Gahanna - Tuesday, May 23
Granville - Wednesday, May 17, Wednesday, May 24, and Wednesday, May 31
Grove City - Thursday, May 18
Lancaster - Friday, May 19, Saturday, May 20, and Sunday, May 21
Lancaster - Saturdays
Lancaster - Sundays
Maple Heights - Friday, May 26 and Sunday, May 28
Marysville - Friday, May 19
Marysville - Saturday, May 20
Mayfield Heights - Saturday, May 20 and Saturday, May 27
Medina - Various Dates
Mount Vernon - Saturdays
Newark - Weekends
Pataskala - Saturday, May 20 and Sunday, May 21
Pickerington - Mondays and Tuesdays
Rocky River - Sunday, May 21 and Sunday, May 28
Rocky River - Sundays
Shaker Heights - Wednesdays and Fridays
Shaker Heights - Wednesdays and Fridays
Shaker Heights - Sundays and Tuesdays
Springfield - Sundays
Springfield - Sunday, May 21 and Sunday, May 28
Toledo - Various Dates
Toledo - Fridays
Toledo - Sundays
Toledo - Tuesdays
University Heights - Wednesday, May 17 and Sunday, May 21
University Heights - Wednesday, May 24 and Thursday, May 25
Youngstown - Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
Youngstown - Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
Youngstown - Saturdays
Youngstown - Mondays
Youngstown - Tuesdays

Sign Petitions

In Person Training

Lorain - Petition Training - Saturday, May 20
North Ridgeville - Petition Training - Saturday, May 20

VirtualTraining

Restore Roe Ohio: Virtual Volunteer Signature Collection Training - Thursdays
Restore Roe Ohio: Virtual Volunteer Signature Collection Training - Friday, May 19, Friday, May 26, and Friday, June 2
Restore Roe Ohio: Virtual Volunteer Signature Collection Training - Friday, May 19
Restore Roe Ohio: Virtual Volunteer Signature Collection Training - Monday, May 22
Restore Roe Ohio: Virtual Volunteer Signature Collection Training - Friday, May 26
Restore Roe Ohio: Virtual Volunteer Signature Collection Training - Tuesday, May 30
Voter Registration Training - Thursday, May 18

Write Letters from Home

Voter ID Requirements - Tuesday, May 23

You can also find volunteer and donation links for the candidates in upcoming runoff and special elections listed below. Elections are sorted by date.

June 13th

Wendy Pieh is running for Maine House of Representatives District 45. You can donate via the Maine Clean Election Act Service! Sign up to canvass! Visit her website, Facebook page, and Instagram!

November 7th

Andy Beshear is running for re-election as Governor of Kentucky. Please donate if you can, or sign up to volunteer! Visit his website, Facebook page, Twitter feed, and Instagram.

Pamela Stevenson is running for Kentucky Attorney General. Please volunteer or donate! Take a look at her website, Facebook, and Twitter.

Charles “Buddy” Wheatley is running for Kentucky Secretary of State. You can donate or visit his website or Facebook page!

Michael Bowman is running for Kentucky Treasurer. Please donate if you are able, or become a volunteer! Check out his website, Facebook, Twitter, or Youtube.

Kimberley Reeder is running for Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts. You can visit her website or donate.

Sierra Enlow is running for Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture. Please donate, volunteer, or attend an event. Visit her website, Facebook, Linked In, and Twitter.

Daniel McCaffery is running for Pennsylvania Supreme Court. If you are able, please make a donation or become a volunteer. Take a look at his website, Facebook page, and Instagram.

Jill Beck is running for Pennsylvania Superior Court. Please donate to her campaign, or sign up to volunteer. Check out her website, Facebook page, Twitter, and Instagram.

Timika Lane is running for Pennsylvania Superior Court. Consider making a donation. Visit her website, Facebook page, and Instagram.

Matt Wolf is running for Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. Check out his website!

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2023.05.17 18:44 mtlebanonriseup Yesterday, Republicans lost the Jacksonville, FL, and Colorado Springs, CO, mayorships, while Democrats kept the majority in the PA House and won countless other downballot elections! This week, we volunteer in Ohio to keep abortion legal! Updated 5-17-23 Join r/VoteDEM for more!

Join our permanent subreddit, voteDEM, to learn more!
Yesterday, Democrats cleaned up in elections across the country! First, Donna Deegan became mayor-elect of Jacksonville, flipping the largest Republican mayor’s office in the country. Meanwhile, Joyce Morgan also flipped the Property Appraiser race and Democrats won a new city council seat. Additionally, Democrat Marc Plamondon won a New Hampshire state representative special election, and Heather Boyd won PA HD-163 to protect Pennsylvania’s state house majority. The republican candidate also lost the Colorado Springs, Colorado mayorship to Yemo Mobolade, an Independent endorsed by Democrats! We also flipped several school boards in Oregon and South Dakota, defeating those who want to ban books or enforce local “Don’t say gay” policies!
This week, we turn our attentions to Ohio, where Republicans have passed a joint resolution that would make it harder to amend the Ohio Constitution. This will be voted on during a special election on August 8. It is imperative we get out the vote so this 60% threshold never becomes law. Republicans are only doing this in an attempt to make the Reproductive Rights amendment fail at the ballot box in November.

Keep checking our volunteer from home spreadsheet! It’s been updated with opportunities to volunteer for important races! As always, important events are bolded, and it is being constantly updated

Donate to the Expand the Senate Fund to keep the Senate in 2024!

Take our survey so we can update you on volunteer opportunities near you!

Ohio

Phone Bank from Home

Repro Rights - Tuesday, May 23
Repro Rights - Tuesday, May 30
Voter Registration - Tuesdays

Gather Signatures

Sign Petitions

In Person Training

Lorain - Petition Training - Saturday, May 20
North Ridgeville - Petition Training - Saturday, May 20

VirtualTraining

Write Letters from Home

Voter ID Requirements - Tuesday, May 23

You can also find volunteer and donation links for the candidates in upcoming runoff and special elections listed below. Elections are sorted by date.

June 13th

Wendy Pieh is running for Maine House of Representatives District 45. You can donate via the Maine Clean Election Act Service! Sign up to canvass! Visit her website, Facebook page, and Instagram!

November 7th

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2023.05.11 21:13 Humble_Entrance3010 Columbus Ohio Beauty

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1330-Forsythe-Ave-Columbus-OH-43201/33837051_zpid/?
1330 W Forsyth Ave, Columbus, Ohio

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2023.05.11 21:07 almondtini How we bought a house with no money (Physician loan)

Hi All! I know it is a wild housing market out there so I wanted to make a post just sharing how we closed on a house for $0 down, AND $0 in closing costs using a Physician Loan.
Background: $150k household income, $230k debt (includes $200k in med school loans), decent reserves but we didn’t want to put any money into the transaction. My spouse is a PGY-3 starting a new fellowship in July.
Home: Sub $350k, Columbus Ohio, 2br, ~1200 sqft, 5.55% (5yr ARM)
Here’s how we did it:
December

Read Hippocratic House: The Financial Residency Podcast has episodes called The Mortgage Minute that go over specific topics for medical families. The show is hosted by Doug Crouse and if you go to his site, he will send you a physical copy of his book, The Hippocratic House, FREE! This book was a GODSEND - he has checklists of things to do at every step, specific pitfalls doctors can fall into, and even an interview guide for finding a lender.
Find Realtor: Our realtor was recommended to us by someone in my partner’s fellowship program. We interviewed them via phone and in person. She totally “got” us and had a medical background so she was very understanding of our time limitations and how to put together a compelling offer when you’re not putting any money down.
Research Lenders: I searched on google/white coat investoreddit etc for “physician loan” “doctor loan” and “medical professional loan” in Columbus, OH. From there I used Doug’s criteria (no PMI, 0% down payment required, ignores physician debt) to narrow down the list of lenders. We also asked our realtor who she recommended, she left the decision up to us but encouraged us to go to a local lender since big lenders have a reputation for hidden fees and delayed closings. We still interviewed a few big banks, but were very unimpressed (Huntington, Fifth Third etc.)

January

Interview Lenders: We interviewed 8 lenders total. Yes, my med partner wasn’t thrilled about me taking his one off day that week to talk to lenders all day…..but it was worth it! It is best to talk to all of the lenders on the same date because rates change daily. We eliminated a handful of lenders immediatley (high rates, to sales-y, requiring PMI, don’t service loan in house). We also made sure to ask each lender if they offered closing cost credits or had a limit on how much seller closing cost credit we could accept. We earned a lot from these calls and from the follow up (or lack of follow up) from each lender.
Know your market: We visited Columbus and walked around a bunch of neighborhoods to narrow down our target area. I kept watching Redfin/Zillow everyday for new listings. I paid close attention to list price v. sold price so that when the right house came up we were confident making an offer. I also learned that if we wanted a house under 350k, we needed to move FAST because they were regularly going under contract within 2 days.

February

Get Pre-Approved: We got pre-approved with our top 3 lenders (First Federal Lakewood, First National Bank and State Bank - all good places to consider). This is where the rubber met the road, we needed a responsive, thorough, and transparent lender; Brent Bartlett @ First Federal Lakewood was truly the best of the bunch & he had the lowest rates too (shared w/ permission). Once we had our pre-approval letters, we sent them to our agent so that we’d be ready to make a quick offer if we needed to.

March

Go in Person: We only had a 3 day window to visit Columbus to look at houses in person due to my partner’s schedule. But there was still nothing exciting on the market, we decided to book our hotel anyway just in case.
Take Smart Risks: The day before we were set to visit, the perfect house came onto market! We did a virtual tour with our realtor and took a leap of faith. We also asked Brent to estimate closing costs since we wanted the seller to cover those. We made a near-full price offer (with closing cost credit, inspection, appraisal, and financing contingencies) at 10pm. Our agent literally put together the documents as we were driving to Ohio and we signed the documents on our phones so that we would be the first offer. The next day there was some back and forth with the sellers and a competing offer on the table. We took a look at our finances and submitted a second offer with an escalation clause but it still wasn’t enough, we got outbid. :( We were crushed, BUT we were happy that we didn’t take on more risk than we could handle.The other offer waived inspection and that was a hard NO for us. We toured a few other places but nothing else had that spark.
Stay Ready: Well… as luck would have it, the other offer backed out the very next day! We were still interested, so we finally got to see the place in person and it was just as we hoped. We put in our original offer again and after some negotiation, it was accepted! Hugely thankful to our realtor for negotiating so hard on our behalf and to our lender for answering our questions on a Sunday so that we could go under contract ASAP.
Get an Inspection: The only expense we had throughout this process was paying for the inspection. We paid for the whole shebang (mold, radon, sewer scope, floorpans, 3D tour, etc.). We spent 3-4 hours with our inspector going over every detail. Based on the results of the inspection, our agent negotiated a repairs credit with the seller. Looking back I would have gotten some contractors to stop by for estimates, but we had a short inspection period.

April

Ask Questions: From there it was just a waiting game until closing. It felt weird not to talk to our realtor and lender daily! We took this time to put together a list of questions for the selleour realtolender. Everything from how to change the door code, to what day does trash come, to how much the parking pass is, is it worth it to float down our rate today etc. Our realtor also had great recommendations for contractors in the area. If you have questions, now is the time!

May

Nag the Title Company: I wish we had done this! Our closing wasn’t as smooth as we would have liked (communication, typos, last minute changes etc.), but we didn’t get to pick the title company. Our realtor did a great job holding them accountable and it taught us the importance of reading every document you sign.
Sign a Cohabitation agreement: We worked with an attorney to draft a cohabitation agreement since we’re not married (yet). I have more cash on hand/income than my med partner so the agreement states that I’ll cover most of the home improvement costs up to a certain amount & once he is an attending he will put an equivalent amount of what I paid toward the principal of the loan.

Happy to answer questions if you have ‘em - hope it helps someone else :)

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2023.05.11 21:02 almondtini How we bought a house with no money (Physician loan)

Hi All! I know it is a wild housing market out there so I wanted to make a post just sharing how we closed on a house for $0 down, $0 in closing costs & no PMI, using a Physician Loan.
Background: $150k household income, $230k debt (includes $200k in med school loans), decent reserves but we didn’t want to put any money into the transaction.
Home: Sub $350k, Columbus Ohio, 2br, ~1200 sqft, 5.55% (5yr ARM), Closed 1st week of May!
Here’s how we did it:
December

Read Hippocratic House: The Financial Residency Podcast has episodes called The Mortgage Minute that go over specific topics for medical families. The show is hosted by Doug Crouse and if you go to his site, he will send you a physical copy of his book, The Hippocratic House, FREE! This book was a GODSEND - he has checklists of things to do at every step, specific pitfalls doctors can fall into, and even an interview guide for finding a lender.
Find Realtor: Our realtor was recommended to us by someone in my partner’s fellowship program. We interviewed them via phone and in person. She totally “got” us and had a medical background so she was very understanding of our time limitations and how to put together a compelling offer when you’re not putting any money down.
Research Lenders: I searched on google/white coat investoreddit etc for “physician loan” “doctor loan” and “medical professional loan” in Columbus, OH. From there I used Doug’s criteria (no PMI, 0% down payment required, ignores physician debt) to narrow down the list of lenders. We also asked our realtor who she recommended, she left the decision up to us but encouraged us to go to a local lender since big lenders have a reputation for hidden fees and delayed closings. We still interviewed a few big banks, but were very unimpressed (Huntington, Fifth Third etc.)

January

Interview Lenders: We interviewed 8 lenders total. Yes, my med partner wasn’t thrilled about me taking his one off day that week to talk to lenders all day…..but it was worth it! It is best to talk to all of the lenders on the same date because rates change daily. We eliminated a handful of lenders immediatley (high rates, to sales-y, requiring PMI, don’t service loan in house). We also made sure to ask each lender if they offered closing cost credits or had a limit on how much seller closing cost credit we could accept. We earned a lot from these calls and from the follow up (or lack of follow up) from each lender.
Know your market: We visited Columbus and walked around a bunch of neighborhoods to narrow down our target area. I kept watching Redfin/Zillow everyday for new listings. I paid close attention to list price v. sold price so that when the right house came up we were confident making an offer. I also learned that if we wanted a house under 350k, we needed to move FAST because they were regularly going under contract within 2 days.

February

Get Pre-Approved: We got pre-approved with our top 3 lenders (First Federal Lakewood, First National Bank and State Bank - all good places to consider). This is where the rubber met the road, we needed a responsive, thorough, and transparent lender; Brent Bartlett @ First Federal Lakewood was truly the best of the bunch & he had the lowest rates too (shared w/ permission). Once we had our pre-approval letters, we sent them to our agent so that we’d be ready to make a quick offer if we needed to.

March

Go in Person: We only had a 3 day window to visit Columbus to look at houses in person due to my partner’s schedule. But there was still nothing exciting on the market, we decided to book our hotel anyway just in case.
Take Smart Risks: The day before we were set to visit, the perfect house came onto market! We did a virtual tour with our realtor and took a leap of faith. We also asked Brent to estimate closing costs since we wanted the seller to cover those. We made a near-full price offer (with closing cost credit, inspection, appraisal, and financing contingencies) at 10pm. Our agent literally put together the documents as we were driving to Ohio and we signed the documents on our phones so that we would be the first offer. The next day there was some back and forth with the sellers and a competing offer on the table. We took a look at our finances and submitted a second offer with an escalation clause but it still wasn’t enough, we got outbid. :( We were crushed, BUT we were happy that we didn’t take on more risk than we could handle.The other offer waived inspection and that was a hard NO for us. We toured a few other places but nothing else had that spark.
Stay Ready: Well… as luck would have it, the other offer backed out the very next day! We were still interested, so we finally got to see the place in person and it was just as we hoped. We put in our original offer again and after some negotiation, it was accepted! Hugely thankful to our realtor for negotiating so hard on our behalf and to our lender for answering our questions on a Sunday so that we could go under contract ASAP.
Get an Inspection: The only expense we had throughout this process was paying for the inspection. We paid for the whole shebang (mold, radon, sewer scope, floorpans, 3D tour, etc.). We spent 3-4 hours with our inspector going over every detail. Based on the results of the inspection, our agent negotiated a repairs credit with the seller. Looking back I would have gotten some contractors to stop by for estimates, but we had a short inspection period.

April

Ask Questions: From there it was just a waiting game until closing. It felt weird not to talk to our realtor and lender daily! We took this time to put together a list of questions for the selleour realtolender. Everything from how to change the door code, to what day does trash come, to how much the parking pass is, is it worth it to float down our rate today etc. Our realtor also had great recommendations for contractors in the area. If you have questions, now is the time!

May

Nag the Title Company: I wish we had done this! Our closing wasn’t as smooth as we would have liked (communication, typos, last minute changes etc.), but we didn’t get to pick the title company. Our realtor did a great job holding them accountable and it taught us the importance of reading every document you sign.

Happy to answer questions if you have ‘em - hope it helps someone else :)

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2023.05.10 12:35 Formerretailmom Relocating in 2024

I will be moving from Ohio to Virginia in about a year. SO has already been there for a couple years, but now we’re trying to figure out where to settle once I can move too. He works at VTech. He’s willing to commute up to 1 hour for the right home. I’ve been causally looking at Zillow and Realtor to get ideas and have been really underwhelmed with housing options so far. We both love to cook and most of the kitchens look REALLY small. We’d also like to have a garage instead of a car port. Any recommendations on areas to look? Or local realtor websites? I’ve mostly been looking at Blacksburg/ Christiansburg/ Radford so far. I expanded to Roanoke a bit, but it didn’t seem any better. Am I missing something? Or is Ohio THAT different from Virginia?

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2023.05.06 02:40 OlivierLeighton Former church with plenty of seating in the TV room

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/201-N-Ohio-Ave-Wichita-KS-67214/2089303596_zpid/?

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2023.05.05 03:14 blurryface1996 Didn't even try.

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2023.05.04 19:11 Lumpy_Fact9167 Scammed in house rental on Zillow

My partner found a house to rent in canton, Ohio and we were looking forward moving from Virginia back to our home state. He took a sudden promotion , we just had a baby and also a 4 year old, and things haven’t been the easiest lately. Now need to deal with this shat.. We filled out the apps, he gave our SS numbers all types personal info on apps and payed extra for first months rent on top of deposit. What the hell do we do next? Besides contacting the bank. The listing is still on there too, and I called the number which was still working, but now they disabled their phone and the prompt says to only communicate through email/message. I reported it to Zillow, but nothing had come from it. I should’ve been the one to handle this situation as usual. Appreciate any feedback

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2023.05.03 15:02 BPBAttacks3 May 2023 - - LIST OF PIT BULL ATTACKS/FATALITIES (ongoing)

This is a list of pit bull attacks and fatalities documented by the media and on social media for the month of May 2023. This list will be edited throughout the month and after as new incidents are reported.
CHILD FATALITIES: 5
ADULT FATALITIES: 6
ANIMAL FATALITIES: 50
TOTAL FATALITIES: 61
TOTAL ATTACKS LOGGED: 159

May 01

ANIMAL FATALITIES - 3 - Little Elm, TX - 3 highland cows killed
Colorado Springs, CO - delivery driver attacked - Link to Post
Faridabad, India - woman attacked - Link to Article
Caerphilly, UK - child attacked - Link to Arcticle
Sheffield, UK - sheep attacked - Link to Article

May 02

HUMAN FATALITY - Paso de Ovejas, Mexico - 1 yo boy killed
ANIMAL FATALITY - New Orleans, LA - small dog killed
ANIMAL FATALITY - Nebraska - cat killed
Keller, TX - dog attacked at dog park - Link to Post

May 03

ANIMAL FATALITY - Blackpool, UK - cat killed
Dekalb, Illinois - man attacked - Link to Post
Sioux Falls, SD - woman bit - Link to Article
Tapalhuaca, El Salvador - 13 yo boy attacked - Link to Article
Alabama - dog attacked - Link to Post
Lake Worth, FL - small dog attacked - Link to Post

May 04

HUMAN FATALITY - Waterloo, IA - 9 month old baby killed and grandmother injured
ANIMAL FATALITIES - 3 - West Portsmouth, OH - 2 cats and 1 dog killed
ANIMAL FATALITY - San Francisco, CA - dog killed
Key Haven, FL - deputy bitten - Link to Article
Lake Worth, FL - dog attacked - Link to Post
Southern OH, US - dog attacked - Link to Post
Fountain Hills, AZ - dog attacked - Link to Post

May 05

Nova Odessa, Brazil - 10 yo boy attacked - Link to Article

May 06

Rotterdam-Delsfshaven, Netherlands - 14 yo boy attacked - Link to Article
Grafton, WI - woman’s face mauled - Link to Article
Washington - dog attacked, no serious injury - Link to Post
Tobyl, Kazakhstan - 3 yo girl’s face torn off - Link to Article

May 07

ANIMAL FATALITIES (4) - San Antonio, TX - four cats killed
London, England - woman attacked - Link to Article
Bahía Blanca, Argentina - young man attacked - Link to Article

May 08

ANIMAL FATALITY - Washington, US - small dog 'Delilah' killed
ANIMAL FATALITY - Georgia, US - dog killed
Lehigh, FL - 97 yo attacked - Link to Article

May 09

HUMAN FATALITY - Indianapolis, IN - woman killed, child bit
Los Angeles, CA - person bit - Link to Article
dog attacked - Link to Post
San Antonio, TX - dog attacked - Link to Post
Walker, LA - two small dogs mauled - Link to Post

May 10

HUMAN FATALITY - Galeana, Mexico - 6 yo girl killed
Davie, FL - woman attacked - Link to Article

May 11

Calgary, Canada - 2 people attacked - Link to Article
ANIMAL FATALITY - Soacha, Colombia - Cat killed
UK - attack on two dogs - Link to Post
Doncaster, UK - 6yo attacked, 40 yo man also injured - Link to Article
Newport News, VA - person bit - Link to Article

May 12

Ambridge, PA - officer bit - Link to Article
Lagoa Dourada, Brazil - 56 yo woman scalped - Link to Article
Toronto, ON - grade 8 student attacked - Link to Article
Georgia, US - Dog attacked - Link to post

May 13

ANIMAL FATALITY - Guizhou District, China - cat killed
Grand Island, NE - 3 people attacked, 1 hospitalized - Link to Article
Callahan County, TX - dog attacked - Link to Article

May 14

San Antonio, TX - man hospitalized - Link to Article
Virginia, USA - doodle attacked and pit owners fled the scene - Link to Post
Kelowna, BC - beagle boxer mix attacked by neighbors pit - Link to Post

May 15

ANIMAL FATALITY - Pará de Minas, Brazil - dog killed
Chicago, IL - 4 dogs attacked - Link to Post
Pittsburg, CA - dog attacked - Link to Post
San Antonio, TX - basset hound attacked - Link to Post

May 16

ANIMAL FATALITY - Grand Forks, ND - dog killed, person injured
ANIMAL FATALITY - Limeira, Brazil - dog killed and man injured
ANIMAL FATALITY - São Vicente, Brazil - dog killed
ANIMAL FATALITY - Crawley, UK - chihuahua killed
Ji-Paraná, Brazil - 7yo scalped - Link to Article
Stuggart, AR - dog attacked, pit owner bit - Link to Article
MOC, Brazil - policeman attacked - Link to Article
Dekalb County, GA - male shelter worked attacked - Link to Post
Norwich, UK - lab attacked - Link to Article
Port Townsend, WA - man bit while skateboarding - Link to Article
Woman attacked by pit husband adopted - Link to Post

May 17

HUMAN FATALITY- Bucaramanga, Colombia - 5 yo boy killed
HUMAN FATALITY- Dī An, Vietnam - 82 yo woman killed
Magdalena, Argentina - dog attacked - Link to Article
Florida - Man attacked - Link to Post
Gleadless Valley, UK - 17 yo attacked - Link to Article
San Pedro Garza García, N.L., Mexico - small dog attacked - Link to Post
St Louis, MO - dog and people attacked - Link to Post
Susanville, CA - teenage boy and dog attacked - Link to Post

May 18

HUMAN FATALITY - Greater Manchester, UK - 37yo killed
HUMAN FATALITY - Buenos Aires, Argentina - 81yo attacked, passed away 06/01/2023 - Link to Article
ANIMAL FATALITY - Indianapolis, IN - schnauzer killed
ANIMAL FATALITIES - 4 - Warwick, Bermuda - 4 chickens killed
Meerut, India - 9yo attacked - Link to Article
West Sussex, UK - 9mo mauled - Link to Article
Washington DC - ups driver attacked - Link to Post

May 19

ANIMAL FATALITY - Mpumalanga Province, South Africa - dog “Maxie” killed, lab mauled by same pit the week prior
North Carolina - shelter pit attacks another dog - Link to Post
Brooklyn, NY - woman attacked - Link to Post
Alliance, NE - dog mauled, officer bit - Link to Article

May 20

IL, USA - 5-7yo child attacked at friends house - Link to report
English setter attacked - Link to Post
Vancouver, BC - dog and owner attacked - Link to Post
Rio Grande City, TX - dog attacked - Link to Post
Austin, TX - 4yo attacked - Link to Article

May 21

ANIMAL FATALITY - Vancouver, CA - Pomeranian killed
Bellevue, NE - dog attacked - Link to Post
California - bloodhound puppy attacked at doggy daycare - Link to Post
Lancaster, OH - man seriously injured - Link to Article
ANIMAL FATALITY- Scunthrope, UK - small dog 'Benny' killed

May 22

ANIMAL FATALITY - Christchurch, New Zealand - dog killed
Alaska - dog and dog sitter attacked - Link to Post
Sutton, UK - springer spaniel and owner attacked - Link to Article
Philipsburt, Sint Maarten - multiple people attacked - Link to Article

May 23

HUMAN FATALITY - Rio de Janiero, Brazil - 71yo man killed by his own pit
Talbot, UK - 18yo woman attacked - Link to Article
Hartlepool, UK - man attacked by XL Bully - Link to Article
Brooklyn, NY - dog attacked - Link to Post

May 24

ANIMAL FATALITY - Big Spring, TX - small dog killed
ANIMAL FATALITY - Ohio - chicken killed and 2 goats attacked
Animal Fatality - dog killed
Utah - woman bit - Link to Post
Texas - golden doodle attacked - Link to Post
Saint Petersburg, Russia - woman attacked - Link to Post
7mo attacked by American bulldog - Link to Post

May 25

Johannesburg, South Africa - Jack Russell 'Patches' attacked - Link to Post

May 26

HUMAN FATALITY - Temósachic, Mexico - 4 yo killed
ANIMAL FATALITY - Melbourne, Australia - dog killed
ANIMAL FATALITY - Tampa, FL - beagle killed
Rhode Island, USA - small dog attacked - Link to Post
UK - woman and dog attacked - Link to Post
Hawthorne, FL - 86 yo hospitalized - Link to Article
Kitsap County, WA - sheriff's deputy bit - Link to Article
Duluth, GA - woman and dog attacked, small dog mauled - Link to Post

May 27

Atlanta, GA - dog attacked and baby injured - Link to Post
Person bit on the ear by family pit - Link to Post
Puna, HI - 32 yo woman hospitalized - Link to Article

May 28

West Jordan, UT - Pit bull attack on another pit - Link to Post
Woman attacked breaking up fight - Link to Post
Lascano, Uruguay - 1 yo attacked - Llink to Article

May 29

Orange County, CA - person bit by neighbors pit - Link to Post
Port Clarence, UK - 15 yo hospitalized - Link to Article
Pittsburgh, PA - small dog attacked - Link to Post
Houston, TX - pomsky attacked - Link to Post
Richmond, VA - Greyhound ‘Ginger’ attacked - Link to Post
Stockton, UK - 15 yo bit - Link to Post
North Yorkshire, UK - 17 yo attacked by American bulldog - Link to Article

May 30

HUMAN FATALITY - Bogorodsk, Russia - 27 yo killed
Chantilly, VA - small dog attacked by “service” pit - Link to Post
Sioux Falls, SD - man bit - Link to Article
Person bit - Link to Post

May 31

Animal Fatality - Oklahoma City, OK - cat killed
San Martín Texmelucan de Labastida, Mexico - police woman attacked - Link to Article
Sucre, Colombia - child scalped - Link to Article
Jaguariúna, Brazil - 8 injured in attack - Link to Article
Lower Saxony, Germany - 6 people bit - Link to Post

Unconfirmed Date

ANIMAL FATALITY - Georgia - dog killed
ANIMAL FATALITY - Kentucky - dog killed
ANIMAL FATALITY - cat killed
ANIMAL FATALITIES - 2 - USA - dog and goat killed (also chickens and ducks)
ANIMAL FATALITY - dog killed
ANIMAL FATALITIES - 6 - Tikitere, New Zealand - 6 sheep killed
Neuquén, Argentina - taxi driver attacked - Link to Article
New Orleans, LA - dog attacked - Link to Post
Mérida, Mexico - girl attacked - Link to Article
Carbonia, Italy - person attacked - Link to article
Bucaramanga, Colombia - 8yo girl attacked - Link to Article
Tehran, Iran - woman mauled - Link to Article
Small dog attacked and loses eye - Link to Post
Professional boxer attacked by staffie - Link to Article
Two people mauled - Link to Post
Owner attacked - Link to Post

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2023.05.02 21:17 Gumbybum Lore Discovery Part 2: Responder Colonel’s post-War adoptive father was the Toxic Valley Terrorist, Darius Angler.

If you haven’t read Part 1 yet, I suggest you read that first so you’ll understand why I keep referring to this kid as Colonel.
Preamble: This is a wild claim, I know. I’d think I was full of shit too if I just read the title. But please allow me to lay out the evidence for what I have discovered. And honestly, this post was originally ONLY about Darius Angler until I realized at the 11th hour while writing my first draft that the child in the story was actually Colonel. After adding him in, the post became WAY too long, so I had to split it into 2 3 parts. [Edit: Even after doing that, it was still too long so now it’s 3 parts.] So let me tell you that what you’re about to read isn’t a story; It’s a saga. I’ve been researching/working on this since December and it’s dense. You’ll probably need an intermission, so please feel free to save this post so you can read it when you are able to.
TLDR (spoilers, and they won’t make sense unless you read the evidence anyway): Darius Angler lived for another 9 years after he destroyed the Toxic Valley. The woman he shot was actually a project SOMNUS agent. The cabin where he hid out was the Isolated Cabin, which implies that he was the author of the 4 Untitled Poems. His body can be found in an outhouse by an unmarked cabin on the southern border of the Cranberry Bog. And from 2079-2086 he became the adoptive father of (Responder) Colonel, who was the child at the Palace of the Winding Path who wrote the Child’s Note.
Keep this in the back of your mind while reading: Fallout 76 is unlike any other game in that it launched with 0 human NPCs to spoon-feed you the plot. The consequence of which is that the game’s writers had to get creative with how to tell their stories, particularly the side-stories. And if you’re paying attention you’ll notice that so many of these narratives are interconnected and environmentally immersive.
Recap: For those who don’t know, Darius Angler was the domestic terrorist who turned the Toxic Valley into what it is today. He was a former chemist (this is a very important detail) at Grafton Steel, but when his brother Billy died by falling into a vat of molten steel, Angler swore revenge. He concocted a “secret formula” that he infused with the toxic residue within the plant to create an enormous chemical weapon that killed just about everything in the Valley. At first glance, this bit of lore seemed fairly self-contained. But after taking a closer look, the story is SO much bigger than what you find in his 6-part manifesto (which is found in 3 different locations, for some reason).
Darius Angler’s Manifesto, Part 3:
“I think they bugged my house, so I've moved to a cabin in the woods where nobody can find me. Yesterday I had to shoot a woman. She claimed she was just hiking, but I know she was an agent sent to spy on me.”
This was the clue that made me realize that the story of Darius Angler was not confined to the Toxic Valley and his 6 part manifesto. Rather, it was much more deeply connected to the surrounding world. I know this because, on the terminal of the Sugar Grove Blacksite, you’ll read this:
“[SOMNUS Agent] SEL1249 is a self-described avid hiker, so no one questions her frequent disappearances. We can use her to collect data from the wooded mountainous areas nearby.”
Darius Angler was definitely insane, but he wasn’t wrong about the woman he shot. She was objectively one of the 5 (known) covert agents of project SOMNUS. And while I’ve done A WHOLE LOT of investigating into Project SOMNUS and other lore surrounding all of this, I’m going to keep this post focussed on Angler. Sugar Grove was investigating the “Grafton Communists” and “the one who sabotaged the mill with whatever was in that powder”, so they sent Agent SEL1249 to investigate.
A Cabin in the Woods Where Nobody Can Find Me: Among the many things I looked into while doing my own investigating, I tried to see if I could find Darius Angler’s cabin. And I did. But before you say anything, I searched the ENTIRE map for every cabin, shack, and shed I could find. Primary locations (map markers), secondary locations (as per the Vault Dweller’s Survival Guide), you name it…. I looked wherever there were woods and/or mountains and found several potential matches before going forward with my ultimate conclusion. [I’ll spare you those details and jump straight to the cabin].
Hiding in plain sight is the Isolated Cabin (it’s right there in the name)! It’s a cabin in the woods, and it’s “Isolated” so “nobody can find” him. It’s got a bunch of chemistry equipment packed away in the doghouse (though many have dismissed this as an obscure easter egg from Back to the Future). Angler mentioned suspicious foxes (manifesto part 4) in the area, and there’s a fox hide on the table outside. Also, the farm across the street is a place where foxes are known to appear. As for the woman he shot (presumed dead), well, there’s a big ol’ bloodstain on a tree just East of the cabin (where she was shot) and a large (burial?) mound SE of the weathervane (Or she could have been dissolved in a barrel Walter White-style and dumped into Grafton Lake. Or she even could have been chucked into the same place as Billy because “When you fall into a vat of molten steel there’s nothing left of you”). Suffice it to say that a murderer doesn’t just forget that there’s a body lying around their home.
The traps Angler mentioned in vol. 4 are less obvious because they’re not here. For that matter neither is Angler, and that’s the point. You’ll find the traps if you follow the Untitled Poem in the outhouse. The poem itself doesn’t tell you where the traps are, but there are 3 other Untitled poems throughout Appalachia (Isolated Cabin, a shack SE of Crater, Hillfolk Hotdogs, and a cabin SE of Sunrise Field). Obviously, the author of these poems got around. And if Darius Angler was as paranoid about foxes and racoons as he says, then he would definitely need protection against yao-guai and cave crickets. What I’m saying is that every time Angler moved, he took the traps with him. And that’s exactly where you’ll find them; in the trenches surrounding the Cabin SE of Sunrise Field. And not only will you find the 4th Untitled Poem in that outhouse, but you’ll also find the body of Darius Angler. The traps from his Isolated Cabin ended up at the same final destination he did.
“But how does any of this connect to Responder Colonel?” you may ask. Well, my friends… It’s a long story with multiple chapters, and I’m going to tell it to the best of my ability with what perplexing information Bethesda has made available to us. But I will try my best to fit the pieces together in the most logical and convincing way that I can.
What Definitely Happened: Appalachia’s shittiest poet (pun intended) objectively spent time in those 4 aforementioned locations. But what is not immediately obvious is what he was doing there, why, and wtf the Untitled Poems even mean. The Isolated Cabin location implicates Angler as the author. The Crater location tells us the poet was raider affiliated. The location of that poem is in Diehard territory. The Hillfolk Hotdogs location tells us the poet was taking care of a small child (because of the really small bed) who left behind a stuffed bear. The Sunrise Field unmarked location tells us where the poet died, that the child with the bear had grown (because of the regular sized bed), and that the child was really into bears (you can’t drop multiple bears unless you have multiple bears to drop). Based on the timeline of world events, various clues in the proximity of the Untitled Poems, and the poems themselves, I am going to do my best to explain what I think happened using evidence and deductive reasoning.
The Implications of these Facts: After Darius Angler absolutely wrecked the Toxic Valley, he retreated into the mountains where he fell in with the Diehards. The Palace of the Winding Path was controlled by Diehards. As established in my last post, the child playing with bears in the tallest gazebo at the Palace, Colonel, did not vanish with the rest of the hippy cultists in 2079. The child’s bed with the stuffed bear at Hillfolk Hotdogs implies that Colonel came with Angler to this location. And the bear in the regular sized bed near Sunrise Field implies that Colonel had stayed with Angler for a considerable amount of time. If Colonel died in 2096 and had been with the Responders for 10 years, that means that he was 13 in 2086 when his “dad” died and Dassa found him. This means that Colonel lived with Angler from ages 6-13 between 2079 and 2086. Colonel spent more time with Angler than his own bio father, which is enough time for someone to become a “Dad” to a child. Obviously, if you listen to Colonel’s holotapes, you’ll probably have some questions about Colonel’s unnamed “dad” that he keeps referring to. I will thoroughly address that situation in Part 3 when I conclude this project.
The Events that Brought Angler and Colonel Together
The Grafton Steel Era (pre-War): Darius Angler was “the best chemist this side of the Mississippi” and worked for Grafton Steel. Apparently, he was such a good chemist that Grafton Steel didn’t see much of a need to hire any other chemists because there is only 1 chemistry workbench at the facility (above ground, at least. Others were added below ground with Wastelanders). That makes the lonely workbench in the rolling mill Darius Angler’s workstation. Directly behind that workbench, you’ll find a suspiciously empty computer terminal, and the Repair Plan holotape. The holotape depicts one of those “wink and nod inspections” Angler was talking about in part 3 of his manifesto. I suspect that Angler was the one who recorded that holotape because A) He knew about the sham inspection process, and B) Why the hell would Fortney or Donna Mason record that conversation? At this point, Angler had dirt on Fortney that he intended to use to his advantage. The problem is that Grafton Steel, like every other pre-War institution in the series, was constantly being monitored for communist activity. In order to accomplish his plan he needed to be discrete. So angler and his “comrades” communicated in the one place they would have privacy: the shitter (the Stained Note) is found in a port-o-potty. You can read it, but you can’t keep it).
“Zak and Mike have been keeping an eye on Fortney during his shift rotation and it seems he's been taking his smoke breaks up at the top of the furnace. We'll corner him for a little chat then see what we can do about the robot pods in the admin building.
Won't stop them for ever, but it will at least give us time to regroup with Raleigh.”
This tells us 2 things: 1) Agler was associated with the Free States, and 2) He liked to write while shitting. I wish I didn’t know that, and now you wish you didn’t either. Speaking of which, part 5 of his manifesto is found on the back of a toilet. You may see a pattern starting to develop here….
So, without an NPC spoon-feeding me the timeline of events, here’s what I think happened: In no specific order, Darius quit Grafton Steel, he “regrouped with Raleigh,” he learned from Raleigh (who learned from Sam Blackwell) about the deeper Grafton Steel conspiracy, Billy died, Darius swore revenge rather than going underground with the rest of the Free States, SOMNUS Agent SEL 1249 (probably) used a Project SIPHON holotape (speculation because it makes sense) to scrub the terminal at Angler’s work room which implicated him as the person who “sabotaged the mill with the powder”, Angler went into hiding once he caught wind that the government was cracking down on “communists and saboteurs,” he started production on his secret formula, and he sent pieces of his manifesto to his contacts back in Grafton, Zak and Mike (who lived in Willard Corporate Housing, which is why you’ll find 2 entries in an apartment in grafton, 3 entries at Willard Corporate Housing, and the final entry at Grafton Steel). Finally, on October 23, 2077, the time was right and Darius snuck into Grafton Steel to unleash hell. The bombs fell, the Great War began and ended, and Darius Angler put the “Toxic” in Toxic Valley.
Untitled Poem #1: I’m not 100% certain that I know what this poem is about, but I have my suspicions. Read it, and if you have any insight please let me know in the comments:
“A mooned wood mooning room in wooded woods
sharp rocks under ramp patches and raspberry thorns
I run quickly through the dark
feeling my way into the blacker space
let loose the spiced egg batch without sitting down
I'm a gunner in a bomber
languidly turning above the Cumulous
raining death with American precision”
Here’s my hot take: I think, concerning the last 3 lines at least, that he’s referring to the Vertibird just on the other side of the window from his old workstation. I think that on October 23, 2077, Darius Angler loaded up his vehicle with his “secret formula,” traps, and supplies (and maybe the body of the agent he shot). He drove to Grafton Steel and hijacked the Vertibird there (they’re automated, as Melody Larkin likes to point out during Fly Swatter). I think he flew up above the steel plant to deploy his “secret formula” into the top of the furnace. But when he flew up there he saw Fortney, so he gunned him down. While he was at it, he dropped one or two bombs on the admin building (which explains why that building is outright destroyed and robot pieces litter the area). Then he finally deployed his “secret formula” and “their smokestacks began spewing toxic dust all over the valley.” I think the “mooned wood mooning room” is the outhouse at the Isolated Cabin where he planned his attack. I think the “sharp rocks under ramp patches” is the conveyor belt at Grafton Steel that hauls iron ore up to the top of the facility. I think that running “quickly through the dark” refers to his break-in at Grafton Steel at night. I think the “blacker space” is the interior of Grafton Steel without power (he wanted to drop off part 6 of his manifesto so people would know it was him). I think the “spiced eggs” were vials of his “secret formula.” I think the phrase “without sitting down” refers to the fact that the Vertibird was automated. And I think the “Cumulous” was the cloud of dust spewing all over the Valley.
The Palace of the Winding Path Era (2077-2079): Obviously, the author of the Untitled Poems (Angler) went from the Isolated Cabin to the raider shack SE of Crater. But how he got there is not spelled out for us. With what we have concluded about Angler, there are only so many logical choices he could have made next. He had just exacted his revenge. He was Free States affiliated. And nuclear war had just erupted like the Free States had predicted. Darius Angler’s most logical choice would be to fly that Vertibird over the mountains and try to locate his old contact, Raleigh Clay. The first problem is that Darius Angler wasn’t a pilot. I suspect that the crashed Vertibird in the far North of the Mire that was carrying a large container of supplies (North of the sunflower icon and east of the fissure site) was his. So after crashing down in the Mire, Angler made his way South, which I’m sure took several days, until he reached Raleigh Clay’s bunker. The only problem was that no matter how hard he banged on the door, Raleigh didn’t open up (keep knockin’ but ya can’t come in).
“I was up near the entrance today when I heard muffled banging on the bunker door. They kept it up off and on for a while. From what I can tell, it doesn't seem to be any of our folks, so it's more than likely a survivor seeking shelter.”
Raleigh wouldn't think it was Angler because he probably assumed that the Grafton crew were all arrested or killed (or both). Darius had also been in hiding when he was plotting his revenge, while the rest of the Free States went underground. So I’m sure most people assumed the worst. Anyway, already beginning to experience the onslaught of nuclear fallout, Angler needed to find shelter. He remembered seeing a Palace nestled in the mountains when he flew over them, which would be perfect for a natural shield against radiation. And so Angler made his way West into the mountains.
Alternatively, Angler could have just walked up the road from Grafton Steel, followed the trail behind Site Bravo, and popped out near Sunnytop Station. The person banging on Raleigh’s bunker may have just been some rando. And the crashed Vertibird in the North of the Mire was just piloted by a random person for a random reason with random supplies inside. But one way or another, Angler ended up in Diehard territory. The Vertibird hypothesis at least gives the Untitled Poem meaning, and the less elaborate explanation takes that meaning away. I think the Vertibird hypothesis connects nicely to the surrounding story, but it ultimately doesn’t impact the relationship between Angler and Colonel.
Once Angler arrived at the Palace, he met a group of hippy cultists who were so lit up on “Spiritual Incense” that they didn’t even realize that nuclear war had broken out. They just thought all the bright flashes were fireworks. Now, the Palace already had one resident chemist, yes. But what about second chemist? In the basement, there are TWO chemistry workbenches. Furthermore, the first chemist wrote, “\\\ Edited: 6.27.78 \\\ Some materials are becoming hard to come by after the war, so we've (emphasis on “we”) had to improvise. The effects are nearly identical, but there is an increased rate of hallucinations, psychosis, and other medical issues, so monitor users closely.” But I’m getting a few months ahead of myself.
The Palace of the Winding Path was more than just a drug den for hippies. It was also a school for children. There are 3 dormitory-style rooms with children’s beds on the first floor. There’s a children’s classroom in the SW corner of the courtyard. And they even had a class pet (It was the lonely mole rat moping around in the back of the Palace, but hey, you take what you can get). But more importantly, there was a little boy who liked to play with his “baer frends” whenever there was “smok” at the “tempal.” This little hellion who can’t spell for shit is Colonel (In Lore Discovery: Part 1 I explain all of this).
This creates a very complicated situation. In the Wasteland, it’s every-man-for-himself. Except, these are children. They can’t fight off irradiated animals. They can’t effectively use weapons. So these children, more than anyone else in the Wasteland, needed protection. Enter: The Diehards. The Temple had a bunch of children who needed protection and 2 competent chemists who could churn out drugs. The Diehards had military leadership (Margie and Harland McClintock, as in “Camp McClintock”) and several armed raiders who liked to use drugs. And thus they struck a “sweet deal.”
So what happened next? A lot of things. I’ve been looking into the Diehards’ activities for a long time. If you’re interested in what they were up to, I’ve written about it here. But if we only care about things that pertain to Angler then consider this. The Palace ran short on the ingredients they needed to make Chems. None of the raiders knew what they’re looking for out in the wilderness, and none of the cultists could pull their own weight out there. Except Angler. He learned how to be a survivalist from his days with the Free States (which is how he managed so well by himself at the Isolated Cabin). So Angler led a scouting party far to the North of the Palace. Blah, blah, blah, something about Molybdenum 99 (painted on the wall of the unmarked raider camp North of the Palace), which was probably the “radioactive ingredient” used in the modified “Spiritual Incense” (it was more likely Technetium 99, but I’m not here to give you a lesson in nuclear chemistry). The Diehards took control of Thunder Mountain (and its reactors). They used the facilities at Dyer Chemical. They had unrestricted access to Braxon’s Quality Medical Supplies. They were basically swimming in Chems. But in 2079 (or thereabouts), 3 major events happened:
1) A damn space station crashed down into the Toxic Valley, right on the outskirts of Diehard territory. There was an initial recon mission to the space station that failed. Angler (It wouldn’t surprise me in the least if he was going by the new raider name “Weaver” at this point) knew EXACTLY what the chemical agents were that poisoned the Toxic Valley. So he advised the Diehards on their subsequent scouting attempts. Angler got stationed at the outpost SE of Crater, and this is where he wrote his next Untitled Poem. But before we get to that, I need to point out that this Raider Outpost hosts a cool junk item; the Flight Data Recorder. I’m 95% certain that it was salvaged from the space station, but a small part of me thinks that it came from Angler’s crashed Vertibird. Anyway….
2) It could be because some of the replacement chemicals used in the “Spiritual Incense” came from outer space, potentially contaminated by some Zetan intervention. But in April of 2079, the hippy cultists were raptured through space and time during one of their “Guided Meditations” (maybe they went “Back to the Future” after all). This also means that the Palace’s resident chemist (not Angler) was likely raptured with the rest of the Palace.
“Margie wanted me to file a report with you concerning the incident at the Palace. None of us was there when it happened, but when we came back to the Palace yesterday...
Everyone was gone. Just gone. Like they just up and disappeared. Didn't look like an attack. Nothing was ransacked. No one took anything with 'em. It was friggen spooky, man.”
But, as established earlier, since there was “smok” at the “tempal,” Colonel would have been playing in the gazebo with his “baer frends.” This means that Colonel was probably the only one at the Palace who was “left behind.”
3) A few months later in roughly July of 2079, Raleigh Clay gave the “All Clear” and the Free States reemerged from their bunkers. This meant that the raiders no longer had free reign over the Mire. They ultimately lost control of Thunder Mountain, and had to reassess their situation overall. And so….
Margie McClintock, leader of the Diehards (who only had clout with the other gangs because of their Chems), had lost one of her chemists to some sort of “spiritual transcendence.” She had only a single child left to protect. Her “sweet deal” had completely expired. The Free States had retaken control of the Mire and most of its facilities. And when she looked at Angler, a former Free Stater himself, she knew that if he defected back to the Free States then the Diehards would be properly screwed. So she did to Angler exactly what Meg would go on to do with Fishbones: She “promoted” him and sent him packing to the Ohio River, far away from the Free States. And she sent Colonel with him as part of her plan. Those children at the Palace were being educated for a reason. I think that ultimately Margie wanted to train those children to be more than chem-snorting murder-hobos so the Diehards could maintain clout, even supremacy over the other gangs in the future. I don’t think that Colonel was her first choice as an apprentice chemist, but with everyone else having “transcended,” Colonel just got promoted to valedictorian. So she assigned her “top student” to her “greatest asset.”
Question: How many stuffed bears can you cram into a suitcase?
Answer: All of the bears that the other children left behind.
Followup Question: How many Chems can you cram inside a stuffed bear…?
Intermission: Hopefully this better explains the connection between Angler and Colonel. I want to remind you that the next 2 locations of the Untitled Poems (that I will cover in Part 3) each have a little stuffed bear on the beds. The coexistence of stuffed bears and Untitled Poems confirms the relationship between “Baer Kid” and “The Shitty Poet.” I will discuss the other Untitled Poems, the circumstances surrounding the other 2 Poem locations, the true identity of Colonel’s killer, and the ultimate conclusion to this story in Part 3.

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2023.05.02 01:07 goldenmom4gr REPOST: My top 10 takeaways from the foia materials on the Maura Murray case

(for some reason this isn't showing up on the sub - I will format later - written in 2019)
https://notwithoutperil.com/2019/11/12/my-personal-top-10-takeaways-from-reading-the-foia-materials-from-the-maura-murray-case/
In January 2006, Fred Murray went to the Grafton County Superior Court to obtain the case files relating to Maura’s disappearance. When his request was denied, he appealed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Although the court also denied his request, they did require the state to explain further about the nature of the evidence in their possession. The following are my “non-expert” observations from reading the documents available from this proceeding as well as listening to available hearings from the NH Supreme Court, and the 107 Degrees Podcast episode 3.
VERY QUICK BACKGROUND ON THE PROCESS
I am not a lawyer so I will try to start with a brief “easy to understand” overview of the process for obtaining information. New Hampshire has a “Right-to-Know” Law (RSA 91-A) that functions in conjunction with the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). All of the FOIA provisions also apply to the New Hampshire law. The New Hampshire law has exemptions that center around personal privacy – in other words you can’t obtain someone’s school records, bank records, and other types of personal/confidential information. Those exemptions alone would not go far in denying Fred’s request for information. However, “FOIA” has a key clause 7A exempting materials that could interfere with an ongoing investigation, specifically:
“… to the extent that production of such law enforcement records or information . . . could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings.”
In the end, Fred’s request was denied partly because it contained some of the personal information exempted by the New Hampshire law. But his request was largely denied due to the FOIA exemption 7A. What does this mean? It means that they argued that it was an ongoing investigation and one that had a “reasonable likelihood” of leading to an enforcement proceeding (“reasonable likelihood” was determined to be the operative legal standard).
RSA 91-A and FOIA:
New Hampshire Right to Know (RSA 91-A) exemptions:
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/VI/91-A/91-A-5.htm
Federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemption 7a
https://www.justice.gov/oip/foia-guide-2004-edition-exemption-7a
TEN TAKEAWAYS FROM THE FOIA MATERIALS Building on that background on RSA 91-A and FOIA, the following are my “Top 10” surprises or takeaways from reading the materials from the materials obtained through Fred’s legal case aka Frederick J. Murray v Special Investigation Unit of the Division of State Police of the New Hampshire Department of Safety et al.
1/.THE MAURA MURRAY CASE FILE IS EXTREMELY LARGE
Maura’s case file appears to be a large one consisting of:
2938 pages
6 volumes
66 law enforcement personnel narratives
254 contacts
106 witness interviews
19 written witness statements
3 transcribed witness interviews
4 polygraphs
The online community has noted any number of gaps in the State’s investigation. We can either conclude that their investigation has not been thorough OR that we are not understanding the focus of their investigation.
2/.THE DOCUMENTS MENTION A GRAND JURY
At this point the notion of a grand jury in this case is fairly well known. Art Roderick has told us that there were at least two grand juries that were “investigative in nature”. However, we first learned of the existence of some form of grand jury process from these documents which state – among other citations: “There are Grand Jury subpoenas that are not public and which would pinpoint the focus of the investigation.”
We know a Grand Jury was held prior to April 2007 due to the record of a hearing on the Fred Murray matter on April 13, 2007 and subpoenas submitted as early as March 15th. We can also reasonably conclude that there was no indictment coming out of any grand jury in this case. Some legal experts have stated that the function of a New Hampshire grand jury is to indict an individual in a criminal proceeding and thus, it seems unusual or improbable that these would be investigative in nature.
3/.THE INVESTIGATION IS OVERWHELMINGLY FOCUSED ON NEW HAMPSHIRE
Although this is hardly breaking news, it is worth pointing out that – if we go by the affiliations of the law enforcement personnel – the investigation centered on New Hampshire. In other words, it was not national, it was not international. The investigation only tangentially ventured into other states (this will be covered in the next bullet). For what it’s worth, there is nothing in Oklahoma or Ohio or Canada or Florida or Tennessee – a few jurisdictions that have been discussed. The investigation in Massachusetts seems focused on Amherst/Hadley.
SUMMARY OF LE UNITS INVOLVED BY NUMBER
NHSP 44 (5 of these Major Crimes Unit)
Haverhill PD 9
UMass PD 7
Rochester PD 3
VSP 3
FBI 2
NH Fish and Game 2
Sullivan County DOC 2
Amherst PD 1
Exeter PD 1
Grafton County Sheriff 1
Hadley PD 1
Oxford County ME 1
4/. THERE WERE SOME UNUSUAL JURISDICTIONS INVOLVED
Some LE units jump out as unusual although we are able to find explanations in most cases:
Rochester: this is accounted for by a sighting of Maura that “went nowhere”
https://www.caledonianrecord.com/news/another-search-for-maura-murray-turns-up-little/article_fd431ff6-8918-5a0a-ba11-59d59d3a131b.html
Exeter: mentioned briefly as a place searched (same article)
https://www.caledonianrecord.com/news/another-search-for-maura-murray-turns-up-little/article_fd431ff6-8918-5a0a-ba11-59d59d3a131b.html
Oxford County, ME: Oxford County Maine is where Bill went to check the hospital in Norway/Paris but this reference is still not fully understood or explained.
Sullivan County DOC.- there is a nearby Sullivan County in NH; Sullivan County in NY has a prison – but this is unexplained. Edit: confirmed to be the county in NH (site of Goshen, etc.).
5/. THE STATE LISTED 20 CATEGORIES OF EVIDENCE
To respond to Fred, the State provided a page with 20 categories of evidence. (See the documents for the full description of each of these categories)
Phone Records
Subpoenas (including search warrants)
Credit card information
Criminal record checks
Narrative reports by investigators
Witness interviews (tapes and transcripts) – 19 written statements; 3 transcribed interviews
Polygraph examinations (4)
Possessed property reports
Lab reports
Policy/dispatch call logs
Photographs
Correspondence
Attorney notes
One-party intercept memoranda
Maps and diagrams
Investigative duty assignment (nothing in this category)
Tax records
Employment personnel files
Medical records
Military records
6./ WHAT IS A ONE-PARTY INTERCEPT MEMORANDUM?
One of the more interesting details in the list of 20 is the “one party intercept memorandum”. We understand that this refers to either the wiretapping of a phone or someone “wearing a wire”. In New Hampshire, wiretapping is governed by RSA 570-A
https://law.justia.com/codes/new-hampshire/2010/titlelviii/chapter570-a/
But what is the “memorandum” noted? We find the answer to the memorandum question with the approval requirement specified in section II(d):
(d) An investigative or law enforcement officer in the ordinary course of the officer’s duties pertaining to the conducting of investigations of organized crime, offenses enumerated in this chapter, solid waste violations under RSA 149-M:9, I and II, or harassing or obscene telephone calls to intercept a telecommunication or oral communication, when such person is a party to the communication or one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception; provided, however, that no such interception shall be made unless the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, or an assistant attorney general designated by the attorney general determines that there exists a reasonable suspicion that evidence of criminal conduct will be derived from such interception. Oral authorization for the interception may be given and a written memorandum of said determination and its basis shall be made within 72 hours thereafter. The memorandum shall be kept on file in the office of the attorney general.
In other words, if a law enforcement officer wants to record someone, they must get prior approval in the form of a memorandum. That said, the memorandum noted in Maura’s case would seem to give LE approval to go forward with recording someone. However, we don’t know if it was executed and we don’t know the target.
7/. THE ATTORNEY FOR THE STATE INDICATED THERE WERE SUSPECTS UNDER CURRENT INVESTIGATION
Despite telling us “we can’t rule out that Maura may have left at her own volition” we do learn that there are suspects currently under investigation:
Prosecutor Nancy Smith … “revealing anything about Landry’s investigation, even in general terms, might identify suspects from a small community …” … “The people – the identity of those people is fairly well known.”
Ervin: “Is the investigation into those individuals currently ongoing?”
Landry: “Yes”
What can we conclude from this? We might conclude that the investigation into this potential crime is focused on individuals currently (then) living in New Hampshire or in the broad vicinity of the accident site. I am not sure what to make of the “fairly well known” identities. Does this mean that they are known to their community or that they are the names actively discussed? We don’t know.
8/. WHAT IS AN “ACTIVE INVESTIGATION”?
The State insisted that the case was an active investigation but provided little clarification as to what that meant. It was noted that there was a detective “monitoring the case each day” and that the records were “actively being used”. They discussed such things as “following up on leads”. To me the investigation sounded less than proactive but as we don’t know the nature and focus of the investigation we can’t draw conclusions.
9/. THE PHRASE “WOULD PINPOINT THE FOCUS OF THE INVESTIGATION” IS USED CONSISTENTLY
The documents consistently note that revealing x or y would “pinpoint the focus of the investigation”. Because the phrase is used consistently, each specific usage seems to provide little insight.
10/. 75% CHANCE OF WHAT?
Strelzin ultimately quashed Fred’s request by stating that there was a 75% likelihood of a future enforcement proceeding.
Specifically:
Q: You indicated in responding to Attorney Ervin that you could give him a percentage that you have in mind of likelihood. What is that percentage regarding likelihood of this results in a criminal case?
A: I mean….I’d say it’s probably 75%.
Q: Pardon?
A: I’d say it’s probably 75%.
The transcript can be found in this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7_atAFvowRhMU0xOWNTRTY0WEk/view
The question becomes: was Strelzin speaking in generalities about the likelihood of bringing “this type of case” to a criminal case or was he speaking specifically about the Maura Murray case?
According to Fred Murray:
“The judge asked the assistant attorney general what was the percentage of bringing charges, and he [Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Strelzin] rolls his eyes, looks at the floor and then says, ’75 percent.’ He pulled it out of his back pocket (ass),”
“My question now to the [assistant] AG is, what is 75 percent of nothing? You said 75 percent two years ago. You made that up. Nothing has happened,”
One poster on reddit summed it up as:
75 % chance of eventually having enough information to convict.
As in 75% of the time we get one of these cold cases, it works out.
Parts sold separately.
Some assembly required.
And another explains:
“Strezlin and company were trying to argue in generalities, because quite frankly, they were getting their butts kicked in court. The judges were not buying the reasons that police wouldn’t release the records because they hadn’t established that a crime had taken place by a long shot.
So instead, Strezlin and company turned to prosecutions in general. they brought up other cases (one was like 20 years old where they finally got a conviction) to show the court that since a crime can’t be ruled out in maura’s case, it is possible (no matter how much time passes) that they can still convict. so that is why they shouldn’t release anything to fred.”
I don’t think that it was an abstract number. The preceding question was “What is that percentage regarding likelihood of this results in a criminal case?”. At best Strelzin was playing on the ambiguity of the situation. According to one source, Strelzin bragged outside the courtroom that there was a 75% chance he would be filing charges – then turned his back when a grand jury failed to indict (no body). That’s hearsay but to me it has an air of truth.

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2023.05.01 21:25 goldenmom4gr REPOST: My personal top 10 takeaways from reading the FOIA materials in the Maura Murray case

https://notwithoutperil.com/2019/11/12/my-personal-top-10-takeaways-from-reading-the-foia-materials-from-the-maura-murray-case/
In January 2006, Fred Murray went to the Grafton County Superior Court to obtain the case files relating to Maura’s disappearance. When his request was denied, he appealed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Although the court also denied his request, they did require the state to explain further about the nature of the evidence in their possession. The following are my “non-expert” observations from reading the documents available from this proceeding as well as listening to available hearings from the NH Supreme Court, and the 107 Degrees Podcast episode 3.
VERY QUICK BACKGROUND ON THE PROCESS
I am not a lawyer so I will try to start with a brief “easy to understand” overview of the process for obtaining information. New Hampshire has a “Right-to-Know” Law (RSA 91-A) that functions in conjunction with the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). All of the FOIA provisions also apply to the New Hampshire law. The New Hampshire law has exemptions that center around personal privacy – in other words you can’t obtain someone’s school records, bank records, and other types of personal/confidential information. Those exemptions alone would not go far in denying Fred’s request for information. However, “FOIA” has a key clause 7A exempting materials that could interfere with an ongoing investigation, specifically:
“… to the extent that production of such law enforcement records or information . . . could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings.”
In the end, Fred’s request was denied partly because it contained some of the personal information exempted by the New Hampshire law. But his request was largely denied due to the FOIA exemption 7A. What does this mean? It means that they argued that it was an ongoing investigation and one that had a “reasonable likelihood” of leading to an enforcement proceeding (“reasonable likelihood” was determined to be the operative legal standard).
RSA 91-A and FOIA:
New Hampshire Right to Know (RSA 91-A) exemptions:
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/VI/91-A/91-A-5.htm
Federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemption 7a
https://www.justice.gov/oip/foia-guide-2004-edition-exemption-7a

TEN TAKEAWAYS FROM THE FOIA MATERIALS

Building on that background on RSA 91-A and FOIA, the following are my “Top 10” surprises or takeaways from reading the materials from the materials obtained through Fred’s legal case aka Frederick J. Murray v Special Investigation Unit of the Division of State Police of the New Hampshire Department of Safety et al.
1/.THE MAURA MURRAY CASE FILE IS EXTREMELY LARGE
Maura’s case file appears to be a large one consisting of:
2938 pages
6 volumes
66 law enforcement personnel narratives
254 contacts
106 witness interviews
19 written witness statements
3 transcribed witness interviews
4 polygraphs
The online community has noted any number of gaps in the State’s investigation. We can either conclude that their investigation has not been thorough OR that we are not understanding the focus of their investigation.
2/.THE DOCUMENTS MENTION A GRAND JURY
At this point the notion of a grand jury in this case is fairly well known. Art Roderick has told us that there were at least two grand juries that were “investigative in nature”. However, we first learned of the existence of some form of grand jury process from these documents which state – among other citations: “There are Grand Jury subpoenas that are not public and which would pinpoint the focus of the investigation.”
We know a Grand Jury was held prior to April 2007 due to the record of a hearing on the Fred Murray matter on April 13, 2007 and subpoenas submitted as early as March 15th. We can also reasonably conclude that there was no indictment coming out of any grand jury in this case. Some legal experts have stated that the function of a New Hampshire grand jury is to indict an individual in a criminal proceeding and thus, it seems unusual or improbable that these would be investigative in nature.
3/.THE INVESTIGATION IS OVERWHELMINGLY FOCUSED ON NEW HAMPSHIRE
Although this is hardly breaking news, it is worth pointing out that – if we go by the affiliations of the law enforcement personnel – the investigation centered on New Hampshire. In other words, it was not national, it was not international. The investigation only tangentially ventured into other states (this will be covered in the next bullet). For what it’s worth, there is nothing in Oklahoma or Ohio or Canada or Florida or Tennessee – a few jurisdictions that have been discussed. The investigation in Massachusetts seems focused on Amherst/Hadley.
SUMMARY OF LE UNITS INVOLVED BY NUMBER
NHSP 44 (5 of these Major Crimes Unit)
Haverhill PD 9
UMass PD 7
Rochester PD 3
VSP 3
FBI 2
NH Fish and Game 2
Sullivan County DOC 2
Amherst PD 1
Exeter PD 1
Grafton County Sheriff 1
Hadley PD 1
Oxford County ME 1
4/. THERE WERE SOME UNUSUAL JURISDICTIONS INVOLVED
Some LE units jump out as unusual although we are able to find explanations in most cases:
Rochester: this is accounted for by a sighting of Maura that “went nowhere”
https://www.caledonianrecord.com/news/another-search-for-maura-murray-turns-up-little/article_fd431ff6-8918-5a0a-ba11-59d59d3a131b.html
Exeter: mentioned briefly as a place searched (same article)
https://www.caledonianrecord.com/news/another-search-for-maura-murray-turns-up-little/article_fd431ff6-8918-5a0a-ba11-59d59d3a131b.html
Oxford County, ME: Oxford County Maine is where Bill went to check the hospital in Norway/Paris but this reference is still not fully understood or explained.
Sullivan County DOC.- there is a nearby Sullivan County in NH; Sullivan County in NY has a prison – but this is unexplained. Edit: confirmed to be the county in NH (site of Goshen, etc.).
5/. THE STATE LISTED 20 CATEGORIES OF EVIDENCE
To respond to Fred, the State provided a page with 20 categories of evidence. (See the documents for the full description of each of these categories)
Phone Records
Subpoenas (including search warrants)
Credit card information
Criminal record checks
Narrative reports by investigators
Witness interviews (tapes and transcripts) – 19 written statements; 3 transcribed interviews
Polygraph examinations (4)
Possessed property reports
Lab reports
Policy/dispatch call logs
Photographs
Correspondence
Attorney notes
One-party intercept memoranda
Maps and diagrams
Investigative duty assignment (nothing in this category)
Tax records
Employment personnel files
Medical records
Military records
6./ WHAT IS A ONE-PARTY INTERCEPT MEMORANDUM?
One of the more interesting details in the list of 20 is the “one party intercept memorandum”. We understand that this refers to either the wiretapping of a phone or someone “wearing a wire”. In New Hampshire, wiretapping is governed by RSA 570-A
https://law.justia.com/codes/new-hampshire/2010/titlelviii/chapter570-a/
But what is the “memorandum” noted? We find the answer to the memorandum question with the approval requirement specified in section II(d):
(d) An investigative or law enforcement officer in the ordinary course of the officer’s duties pertaining to the conducting of investigations of organized crime, offenses enumerated in this chapter, solid waste violations under RSA 149-M:9, I and II, or harassing or obscene telephone calls to intercept a telecommunication or oral communication, when such person is a party to the communication or one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception; provided, however, that no such interception shall be made unless the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, or an assistant attorney general designated by the attorney general determines that there exists a reasonable suspicion that evidence of criminal conduct will be derived from such interception. Oral authorization for the interception may be given and a written memorandum of said determination and its basis shall be made within 72 hours thereafter. The memorandum shall be kept on file in the office of the attorney general.
In other words, if a law enforcement officer wants to record someone, they must get prior approval in the form of a memorandum. That said, the memorandum noted in Maura’s case would seem to give LE approval to go forward with recording someone. However, we don’t know if it was executed and we don’t know the target.
7/. THE ATTORNEY FOR THE STATE INDICATED THERE WERE SUSPECTS UNDER CURRENT INVESTIGATION
Despite telling us “we can’t rule out that Maura may have left at her own volition” we do learn that there are suspects currently under investigation:
Prosecutor Nancy Smith … “revealing anything about Landry’s investigation, even in general terms, might identify suspects from a small community …” … “The people – the identity of those people is fairly well known.”
Ervin: “Is the investigation into those individuals currently ongoing?”
Landry: “Yes”
What can we conclude from this? We might conclude that the investigation into this potential crime is focused on individuals currently (then) living in New Hampshire or in the broad vicinity of the accident site. I am not sure what to make of the “fairly well known” identities. Does this mean that they are known to their community or that they are the names actively discussed? We don’t know.
8/. WHAT IS AN “ACTIVE INVESTIGATION”?
The State insisted that the case was an active investigation but provided little clarification as to what that meant. It was noted that there was a detective “monitoring the case each day” and that the records were “actively being used”. They discussed such things as “following up on leads”. To me the investigation sounded less than proactive but as we don’t know the nature and focus of the investigation we can’t draw conclusions.
9/. THE PHRASE “WOULD PINPOINT THE FOCUS OF THE INVESTIGATION” IS USED CONSISTENTLY
The documents consistently note that revealing x or y would “pinpoint the focus of the investigation”. Because the phrase is used consistently, each specific usage seems to provide little insight.
10/. 75% CHANCE OF WHAT?
Strelzin ultimately quashed Fred’s request by stating that there was a 75% likelihood of a future enforcement proceeding.
Specifically:
Q: You indicated in responding to Attorney Ervin that you could give him a percentage that you have in mind of likelihood. What is that percentage regarding likelihood of this results in a criminal case?
A: I mean….I’d say it’s probably 75%.
Q: Pardon?
A: I’d say it’s probably 75%.
The transcript can be found in this link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7_atAFvowRhMU0xOWNTRTY0WEk/view
The question becomes: was Strelzin speaking in generalities about the likelihood of bringing “this type of case” to a criminal case or was he speaking specifically about the Maura Murray case?
According to Fred Murray:
“The judge asked the assistant attorney general what was the percentage of bringing charges, and he [Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Strelzin] rolls his eyes, looks at the floor and then says, ’75 percent.’ He pulled it out of his back pocket (ass),”
“My question now to the [assistant] AG is, what is 75 percent of nothing? You said 75 percent two years ago. You made that up. Nothing has happened,”
One poster on reddit summed it up as:
75 % chance of eventually having enough information to convict.
As in 75% of the time we get one of these cold cases, it works out.
Parts sold separately.
Some assembly required.
And another explains:
“Strezlin and company were trying to argue in generalities, because quite frankly, they were getting their butts kicked in court. The judges were not buying the reasons that police wouldn’t release the records because they hadn’t established that a crime had taken place by a long shot.
So instead, Strezlin and company turned to prosecutions in general. they brought up other cases (one was like 20 years old where they finally got a conviction) to show the court that since a crime can’t be ruled out in maura’s case, it is possible (no matter how much time passes) that they can still convict. so that is why they shouldn’t release anything to fred.”
I don’t think that it was an abstract number. The preceding question was “What is that percentage regarding likelihood of this results in a criminal case?”. At best Strelzin was playing on the ambiguity of the situation. According to one source, Strelzin bragged outside the courtroom that there was a 75% chance he would be filing charges – then turned his back when a grand jury failed to indict (no body). That’s hearsay but to me it has an air of truth.

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2023.04.18 22:37 superkp Lots of stuff in this sub and generally on the internet. Would like some direction and advice for how to focus learning on getting properly started.

I'd like some input from this community on what to do, where to go. I'm in a stable place currently, but I know that there's a lot that I can do to optimize, and I'd like some direction. For example, would it be better to focus my energy on a side-hustle and turn that into a self-sustaining (but small and at-my-own-pace) business? Or would it be better to focus my energy on doing some kind of magic with the equity in my house? Or perhaps do I use my tech abilities to tap into this new AI wave, and completely pivot my entire career?
My goal, generally speaking, is to retire tomorrow with $2million. If I can't do that, then I'd like to figure out a way to organize my financial life such that I can minimize the time to retirement. Willing to change things around if it would help me get there.
First question is: Should I be doing something different/more active with my 401(k)?
Second Question is: What is the best way to handle the current amount of assets and liabilities? Should I be considering anything else?
General Life facts:

36yo
Married. Wife is disabled but not so severely she can't watch the kids.
2 Kids. both under 10.
Nice house that I want to stay in. Near both sides of family. (details below)
2 paid off cars.
Good job.
Possibly profitable hobbies, and the tools for them.
smart and nerdy. I can figure out most things once I've got a handle on the basics and good literature about it.

Assets:

Job: ~$80k/year in a LCOL area, working remotely.
401(k) contributing 6% of salary, matched by company. current value is ~$37k
House: Worth ~$260k, (currently have mortgage with ~$158k remaining (I think))
2 paid off cars. Can't really do our life without both.
Tools for hobbies: could probably sell my woodworking tools for like $1500 if I wanted to do it fast. Not likely worth it.
Like $3k in various crypto. Obviously this number changes daily.

Liabilities * Mortgage about ~$158k (i think) * Wife's health. (unknown cost. lots of specialist visits.) * 2 young children in school, paying about $200/month * school loans about ~$35k, but most of them are paused. only paying $50/month.
I'm 36 and while I didn't win the 'privilege lottery' jackpot, I still got a nice prize: White, straight, healthy, grew up in a decent community, and I was too nerdy as a kid to get into any trouble or any drugs, so there's no criminal past that might haunt me. No major health problems, but I'm on daily medication for ADHD and depression/anxiety (pretty low cost).
I am married. My wife has a chronic health problem that prevents her from working, and her symptoms are... managed but not well - they have a huge effect on her, almost every day. Her disability paperwork is in process, and based on numbers I expect that we'll be getting ~$800/month for that. I expect to end up just using that to pay for a twice-a-week cleaning service or something, because me at work and her often not able to handle house stuff means that the house is often a bit of a disaster. I sincerely doubt that either of us will die or want a divorce in the near future. Her family seems immortal (none of them die until 90yo+) and my family has never died of anything but smoking-related strokes in the last 75 years (and I don't smoke).
We have 2 children. 8yo (full school day) and 4yo (half day, twice a week). They are both going to a private school which is heavily discounted because our address is in a particularly bad school district. The school is excellent. The 8yo has severe ADHD and is in therapy to learn to deal with it, and is on meds that allow it to be managed. I do not have any college savings or similar started for them, but I need to consider starting this. We do not plan on any more children.
We live in Columbus Ohio, which is a low cost of living area. I expect that the cost of living is going to rise especially because the housing price increase might have gotten a local lock-in because we have an Intel chip plant that's started construction nearby, which is going to bring in a shitload of highly paid people, not to mention the secondary businesses that are going to be based off of this (first major secondary business is an AWS datacenter now planned next door to Intel, and rumors of a GPU manufacturer that may take advantage of land nearby to capitalize on short-distance delivery routes).
In our normal banking accounts we've got about ~$9k split between checking and savings. The 'savings' account has a laughably small interest return, so this account is simply a way to organize our money into "can spend" and "don't spend unless we have to".
We have a house, bought after the housing increases started, but before they went absolutely nuts. In 2020 we got a mortgage of ~170k at 2.9% fixed (full price was like $180k?). I forget exactly how much we've paid off so far but it's been about 3 years paying ~1150 per month. This is the base payment, taxes, home insurance, and whatever that special insurance is when you don't do the initial 20%.
The value of the house has gone up - zillow's estimate is about $260k. I would be hesitant to sell it though, because it seems perfect for my family - large yard, peaceful street, basement office, etc.
We have 2 cars in good condition. ~2010 model toyotas that we bought from a reputable used car place. Both are fully paid. All we pay is upkeep, gas, and registration. It's rare, but we do occasionally need to use both at the same time, so if we sell one, we'd also have to replace it.
I have a good job. Making ~$80k working from home (in the aforementioned basement office) for a company that is global, but not publicly traded. We did have some layoffs a little while ago but it did not hit my department and I'm a pretty valuable member on a specialized team in this department, so I consider my job to be quite secure. Technically I am hourly but I don't have a lot of opportunity to get overtime. I might be able to if I hop off the specialized team into the more general team - which I think would be feasible. I am not an independent contractor, as is the habit of many people in IT.
Currently my 401(k) is sitting at ~$37k. I contribute 6% of my check, which is the max matched by the company. I am fully vested. I just chose defaults because IDK what I'm doing, and it's in a "T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 Trust Fund - Class A". I know what that means generally, but not really what it means specifically, or if it needs attention.
I went to college. Community college for an AA and then a 4-year. Got a BA in psych, but graduated at a really bad time for the mental health industry (2011), planned on going for my Master's, but fell backwards into an IT career about 6 years later instead.
I was in crypto for a while, even had a decent hobby-level ethereum GPU miner for a while that paid for itself. Not really doing much with it now, but I've got somewhere between $2k or $4k that I could pull out easily.
the 8yo inherited the ADHD from me. I, therefore, have a ton of hobbies that are languishing and I believe I could turn at least one of them into a real side-hustle. Specifically: woodworking because I've recently fine-tuned a good prototype product to a point where I'm confident I can sell it if I get it in front of the right crowd, plus all the little bullshit things that any woodworker makes - cutting boards, planter boxes, bottle openers, etc. There are other hobbies that I might be able to turn into a side hustle as well, but I'm less confident.

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2023.04.15 00:24 Gallionella ALLS18C

Although there is strong evidence face masks significantly reduce transmission of such infections both in health-care settings and in the community, some experts do not agree.
An updated Cochrane Review published last week is the latest to suggest face masks don’t work in the community.
However there are problems with the review’s methodology and its underpinning assumptions about transmission. https://theconversation.com/yes-masks-reduce-the-risk-of-spreading-covid-despite-a-review-saying-they-dont-198992
we replicated gypsum paste formulations used in historical artworks: Gach-e Koshteh from ~14th century AD in Iran and Gesso Sottile from ~15th century in Italy. We show that the obtained additive-free gypsum plasters display a more hydrophilic character if we follow the Koshteh method and a more hydrophobic character if the Sottile approach is used. These differences are caused by the changes in the crystallographic texture of the material and reveal an astonishing technical achievement in a historical context. The findings reported here confirm that there is an unknown body of technical data that can contribute to the development of improved sustainable preservation and restoration methods for the gypsum-containing cultural objects. https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2208836120?af=R
10 Herbs That Help Boost Immunity: Current Studies https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/10-herbs-that-help-boost-immunity-current-studies_5043482.html
U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk is presiding over the case. He was nominated by President Donald Trump and is known for his conservative views on issues like same-sex marriage and abortion. He could rule as early as next week. An appeal would go to the right-leaning Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and could eventually present the Supreme Court with another major abortion case less than a year after it upended Roe v. Wade. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/11/abortion-pill-court-battle/
A new study found that a cup of coffee with milk may create a combination of proteins and antioxidants that doubles the anti-inflammatory properties in immune cells.
That doesn't mean you should listen to 'food is medicine' advocates and start putting dairy in everything, this was a cell study, which is even lower than studies in mice on the human relevance scale. https://www.science20.com/news_staff/that_cream_in_your_bowl_may_give_coffee_super_antiinflammatory_powers-256455
These constantly changing stresses heat the moon from the inside. And heat is dissipated as thermal radiation. This should be detectable as a radio signal; and it's something we can look for now, Chan says.
"If P9 is a dark object and it has a satellite system, our proposal can directly observe the potential thermal signals emitted by the satellites now," he writes.
"Therefore, this would be a timely and effective method to confirm the Planet Nine hypothesis and verify whether Planet Nine is a dark object or not."
Well, it's as good a thing to try as any.
The paper is in press with The Astrophysical Journal, and can be accessed on arXiv. https://www.sciencealert.com/but-wait-what-if-the-hypothetical-planet-nine-has-moons
"Snowshoe hares are not strict vegetarians, so when it gets really cold, they actually will scavenge on dead wildlife, including dead snowshoe hare," she said.
"And they'll reingest their own feces. So if you think of an animal eating bark and buds and things like that — not a lot of energy, hard to digest. So they excrete it out. It gets coated with bacteria that help break it down. Then they reingest it to go through a second digestion process." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-cbc-animals-survive-winter-hare-macquarrie-1.6741297
The 7 biggest gardening myths, debunked by science https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/gardening-myths/
Goffin’s cockatoo named third species that carries toolsets around in preparation for future tasks https://theconversation.com/goffins-cockatoo-named-third-species-that-carries-toolsets-around-in-preparation-for-future-tasks-199408
The Monash University-led study identified a new group of immune cells, known as tissue-resident memory natural killer (NKRM) cells. NKRM cells limited immune responses in tissues and prevented autoimmunity, which is when the immune system makes a mistake and attacks the body's own tissues or organs.
While additional research is required, the discovery may ultimately be used to treat autoimmune diseases like Sjogren’s Syndrome and possibly chronic inflammatory conditions. https://www.newswise.com/articles/natural-killer-immune-cells-can-modify-tissue-inflammation-study
The Equation When it Comes to the Cumulative Impacts of Pollution, the Science is In https://blog.ucsusa.org/kellickson/when-it-comes-to-the-cumulative-impacts-of-pollution-the-science-is-in/
“First, the potential economic cost of doing this is too high for the U.S., China, their allies, and the entire world,” Cui said. “The breakdown of globalization ultimately hurts consumers, which we are all experiencing too well. Globalization is not over.”
Beyond economic realities, the researchers found that the U.S.-China rivalry is based, in part, on misunderstanding. For example, China’s intentions to seek ‘self-reliance’ were largely defensive while being interpreted in Washington’s narratives as solely aggressive. For their part, China’s communist leaders bristled at what they saw as American attempts to limit China’s growing economic and political power. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/era-globalization-isnt-over-new-study-argues
In our research, we wanted to test whether people would be accurate about attachment style at the earliest stage of relationship formation—a first encounter—and whether accuracy was associated with greater dating interest.
We organized a speed-dating event, in which people rotated through many short "dates" with a new person each time. We found that people were able to accurately perceive a date's attachment anxiety, but not their attachment avoidance, according to the date's own descriptions of themselves. https://spsp.org/news/character-and-context-blog/tu-muise-dating-attachment-style
Dr. Byun and Dr. Lee of KIST said that "This study proves that low-carbon, eco-friendly technology using sunlight can also produce core industrial fuels with high concentration and purity." They also stated, "We verified the completeness of the technology by linking the process of refining the produced hydrogen peroxide to a liter scale, and we will strive to commercialize the technology through large-scale demonstration in the future." https://phys.org/news/2023-02-solar-driven-production-hydrogen-peroxide-conversion.html
“Our image isn’t more precise, but the neutrino measurement provides us with a different view.”
“Our previous methods for predicting neutrino scattering from protons all used theoretical calculations, but this result directly measures that scattering,” adds Cai. https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/physics/ghost-neutrinos-protons-fermilab/
“These wastes are then released into the water and pollute water that is not only the ocean water, but can migrate into what becomes drinking water sources for humans,” he said.
The complaint alleges that “tens of thousands of domestic and foreign vessels discharge these pollutant streams into our nation’s waters.”
The deadline for establishing standards under the Clean Water Act for ballast water and other incidental discharges was Dec. 4, 2020. The EPA is more than two years delinquent.
While the EPA has not responded to the complaint and its defense to the claim is not yet known, Sanders said, “We think it’s a straightforward case of EPA missing a statutory deadline… whatever the reason ultimately is, it doesn’t matter. Congress required EPA to issue standards by a date certain. And EPA is well past that deadline.” https://localnewsmatters.org/2023/02/12/taking-on-water-environmental-groups-sue-epa-over-failure-to-regulate-ship-discharges/
Different kinds of escapism can motivate people to take part in running, but using running to escape from negative experiences rather than using it to escape to positive ones may lead to exercise dependence.
Recreational running offers a lot of physical and mental health benefits – but some people can develop exercise dependence, a form of addiction to physical activity which can cause health issues. Shockingly, signs of exercise dependence are common even in recreational runners. https://www.psypost.org/2023/02/new-study-shows-that-using-running-to-escape-everyday-stresses-can-backfire-67934
Six parts of your car that gather data on you https://theconversation.com/six-parts-of-your-car-that-gather-data-on-you-198096
With increased focus on inequality across the world, the argument that those taking home the most pay deserve it the most is one that needs to be challenged, the researchers point out – especially at the highest end of the scale.
"Recent years have seen much academic and public discussion of rising inequality," write the researchers. "Along an important dimension of merit – cognitive ability – we find no evidence that those with top jobs that pay extraordinary wages are more deserving than those who earn only half those wages."
The research has been published in the European Sociological Review https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-wealthiest-may-actually-be-less-intelligent-than-those-who-dont-earn-as-much
The prototype radar consists of a low-power transmitter that was developed by RIS, tested using the GBT, and targeted at the lunar surface, with the radar signals bouncing back and being received by NRAO's ten 25-meter VLBA antennas.
What's most remarkable about the transmitter is it only produces up to 700 watts of power, which is less than a standard kitchen microwave of 800-1,000 watts, at 13.9 GHz.
The prototype radar was able to image Tycho Crater, which lies in the southern hemisphere of the Moon measuring approximately 85 kilometers in diameter, with 5-meter resolution revealing incredible details of the crater's floor. https://www.sciencealert.com/amazing-prototype-reveals-the-moon-like-weve-never-seen-it-before
It's like 3D printing... all in "one shot. "Sound Off
Forget your regular ol' 3D printer. Why not try using sound waves to form a 3D object?
That's exactly what researchers in Germany set out to do, making use of "acoustic holograms" to form distinct 3D shapes out of particles suspended in water — all in "one shot," https://futurism.com/the-byte/acoustic-holograms-form-3d-shapes
More Clues into ME/CFS Discovered in Gut Microbiome https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2023/02/14/more-clues-into-me-cfs-discovered-in-gut-microbiome/
New report from right-to-repair advocate shows Apple laptops are hardest to fix Apple smartphones also rank lowest for 'repairability' while Motorola was bestIt follows Apple releasing a 'disastrous' self-repair service for its users in the UK
If you want a laptop that lasts, a new report suggests you might want to opt for Dell instead of an Apple Mac. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11748615/Apple-Google-Microsoft-devices-hardest-fix-report-says.html
Amateur astronomers across the U.S., Japan, Western Europe and England, Algeria, and Australia are helping chase down the shadow of the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system as it passes in front of, or occults, distant stars. The observations are helping scientists evaluate the effect of the NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) on Didymos’ orbit around the Sun.
The DART mission ran straight into Dimorphos, the moon of near-Earth asteroid 65803 Didymos, on September 26, 2022. The collision was intentional, designed to change the orbit of the moonlet, and perhaps one day avert a potential collision with Earth. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/how-citizen-scientists-are-monitoring-the-dart-impact/
It’s well past the hour you’d expect kids their age to be in bed. But 9-year-old Sigrún Anna Valsdóttir, peering under the truck bed, and 12-year-old Rakel Rut Rúnarsdóttir, shining the light, don’t seem to notice the time or the cold. They’re on a mission to rescue a puffling. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/icelandic-town-goes-all-out-save-baby-puffins-180981518/
According to the study, extensive dispersion of marketing responsibility in the early stages of business activities promotes the development of market orientation in firms, while an overly structured organization of marketing responsibilities slows it down.
"Dispersion of responsibility for marketing activities and restraining from building structured positions for marketing helps start-ups to respond to their typical lack of market information," https://phys.org/news/2023-02-dispersed-responsibility-profitability-firms-early.html
Keratosis can disappear naturally and the trial results show that those treated with microwaves were 154 times more likely to disappear.
In the new trial at Miami Dermatology and Laser Institute, in the U.S., and Centroderm centre in Germany, 60 patients will be given the microwave treatment in three-second bursts, with three bursts, 20 seconds apart, for each keratosis. The effects will be monitored for 12 months.
Commenting on the technique, Dr Bav Shergill, a consultant dermatologist at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, West Sussex, said: ‘Actinic keratoses are a sign of sun damage and are associated with an increased risk of developing skin cancers. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11746555/Research-indicates-skin-cancer-prevented-microwave.html
Recent talks between the presidents of Brazil and the U.S. have spurred hope for a renewed global commitment to protect the Amazon Rainforest.The U.S. has pledged to work with Brazil to strengthen the protection of the Amazon, including offering “initial support” to the recently revived Amazon Fund.Reports claim the U.S. will initially donate $50 million toward the fund, inciting disappointment among some experts who claim billions, not millions, are required to eliminate deforestation.However, many environmentalists praise the collaboration as giving credibility to Brazil’s environmental agenda and claim it could encourage more countries to donate. https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/us-pledges-amazon-fund-donation-renewing-hope-for-the-rainforest/
Physical activity at the right time of the day seems able to increase fat metabolism, at least in mice. A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark shows that mice that did exercise in an early active phase, which corresponds to morning exercise in humans, increased their metabolism more than mice that did exercise at a time when they usually rest. T https://www.newswise.com/articles/time-of-day-may-determine-the-amount-of-fat-burned-by-exercise
A kilonova event is so rare that the astronomers say only two are expected (and that’s on the high end) to exist within a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. As such, this discovery is groundbreaking for astronomers and could hopefully help us learn more about these intriguing binary systems. https://bgr.com/science/astronomers-discovered-a-rare-star-system-ready-to-explode-in-a-massive-kilonova/
This study investigated the composition and effects of nineteen soybean varieties digested under simulated gastrointestinal conditions on hepatic cholesterol metabolism and LDL oxidation in vitro. Soybean varieties exhibited a differential protein hydrolysis during gastrointestinal digestion. Soybean varieties could be classified according to their composition (high/low glycinin:β-conglycinin ratio) and capacity to inhibit HMGCR (IC50 from 59 to 229 µg protein mL−1). https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/12/1/20
A trail found in the gas surrounding a distant galaxy could be the smoking gun pointing to a runaway supermassive black hole.
Based on an analysis of light that has traveled for more than 7.5 billion years to reach us, a team of astronomers has presented evidence of a colossal object ejected from its host galaxy 39 million years ago, which is now speeding across intergalactic space at 1,600 kilometers (994 miles) per second.
Although the black hole itself is invisible, its wake is not: https://www.sciencealert.com/a-fleeing-black-hole-was-found-leaving-a-trail-of-newborn-stars-in-its-wake
Wood's plight, echoed by farmers across the country, has pushed lawmakers in Colorado and 10 other states to introduce bills that would force manufacturers to provide the tools, software, parts and manuals needed for farmers to do their own repairs — thereby avoiding steep labor costs and delays that imperil profits.
"The manufacturers and the dealers have a monopoly on that repair market because it's lucrative," said Rep. Brianna Titone, a Democrat and one of the bill's sponsors. “[Farmers] just want to get their machine going again."
In Colorado, the legislation is largely being pushed by Democrats, while their Republican colleagues find themselves stuck in a tough spot: torn between right-leaning farming constituents asking to be able to repair their own machines and the manufacturing businesses that oppose the idea. https://www.voanews.com/a/states-consider-right-to-repair-for-farming-equipment/6963590.html
Ground-penetrating radar from China's Martian rover Zhurong reveals shallow impact craters and other geologic structures in the top five meters of the Red Planet's surface. The images of the Martian subsurface are presented in a paper published in Geology.
The Zhurong rover was sent to Mars https://phys.org/news/2023-02-complex-subsurface-mars-imaged-chinese.html
An F-16 fighter jet was dispatched by the US Air Force over Lake Huron on Sunday to shoot down a mysterious object identified in North American airspace.
As US officials admitted this week, the first Sidewinder missile fired by the jet somehow managed to miss its target, metaphorically sinking well over $400,000 in US taxpayer money in the lake below — an embarrassing showing, given that the target likely had no way of propelling itself.
"First shot missed," US Army General Mark Milley told reporters during a press conference today, as quoted by Yahoo News. "The second shot hit." https://futurism.com/the-byte/air-force-missed-ufo-missile
Publishing their findings in Cell Metabolism, the researchers report that over a period of three months people who exercised and alternated feast and fast days — eating without restriction one day and eating 500 calories or less the next — saw increased insulin sensitivity and decreased liver fat, weight and ALT, or alanine transaminase enzymes, which are markers for liver disease.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a buildup of fat and inflammation in patients who drink little to no alcohol. https://www.newswise.com/articles/alternate-day-fasting-a-good-option-for-patients-with-fatty-liver-disease
Just days after news emerged that the Twitter CEO had fired an engineer in a fit of rage over his account's uncharacteristically low engagement numbers, it looks like the Twitter owner had one of his remaining employees tweak the algorithm in his posts' favor.
The move was seemingly confirmed by the sudden, widespread Musk-bombing of Twitter feeds.
"My entire 'for you' tab is Elon Musk tweets and replies," tweeted tech critic Paris Marx. "Guess this is the product of him threatening to fire engineers if they didn't boost his tweet engagement."
In fact, Musk's own late-night tweets appeared to confirm the recent change. https://futurism.com/the-byte/twitter-algorithm-force-feed-elon-musk-tweets
What's especially striking about these inscriptions is how da Vinci seems to have been on the right track.
In his notes, he'd begun decoding the strange correlation between gravity and acceleration -- similar to what enamored Einstein about 400 years later. Da Vinci's ideas about gravity preceded even Isaac Newton's formal announcement of the universal law of gravitation in 1687 and Galileo Galilei's law of parabolic fall, which dictates how objects falling in a gravitational field behave, brought to light in 1604.
"The fact that he was grappling with this problem in this way -- in the early 1500s -- demonstrates just how far ahead his thinking was," https://www.cnet.com/science/space/da-vincis-forgotten-experiments-almost-decoded-gravity-centuries-ago/
Slow and steady doesn't always win the race! Slow cookers are up to THREE TIMES more expensive to run than induction hobs, tests reveal https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11749953/Slow-cookers-three-times-expensive-run-induction-hobs.html
Highly processed foods, also called ultra-processed foods (UPFs), are widely recognized as predisposing to various medical conditions due to their adverse impact on metabolic pathways. However, less is known about their effect on mental health. A recent research paper explored this aspect, showing a positive association in younger Italians between UPF intake and depressive symptoms, which could point the way for further research in this field. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230214/Study-indicates-that-ultra-processed-foods-are-linked-to-depression.aspx
Overall, the findings suggest that these newly discovered molecules that can penetrate the brain and dismantle tau tangles may be a promising strategy for treating Alzheimer’s. Future research into these molecules may help uncover more about their therapeutic potential https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/study-green-tea-and-other-molecules-uncovers-new-therapeutic-strategy-alzheimers
Engineers devised an invisible fiber containing data on a fabric’s composition and origin—it can be woven into garments and read like a barcode.
Around 92 million tons of textiles are discarded every year around the world. Over 85 percent of that waste ends up in landfills, amounting to a garbage truck-full every second, even though much of it could be recycled. But recycling fabrics is a complicated problem, because they are generally blends, and it is hard to tell what a fabric is made of. https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2023/02/iridescent-fiber-could-make-it-easier-to-recycle-clothes/
Most health claims on formula milk not backed by evidence: BMJ study
The study identified 757 infant formula products and 31 types of claims https://www.theweek.in/news/health/2023/02/16/most-health-claims-on-formula-milk-not-backed-by-evidence--bmj-s.html
A new model of forecasting home prices based on consumer demand predicts that prices for housing will decrease by 5% nationally and 12% in San Diego County by the end of this year. The model, which highlights online search activity, was recently published in a new study from the University of California San Diego's Rady School of Management.
The model's predictions have proved to have accuracy rate of up to 70% and are unique to other price predictors—such as Zillow, Goldman Sachs and Redfin https://phys.org/news/2023-02-uc-san-diego-housing-prices.html
The REAL price of your throwaway fast fashion: Shocking images reveal the MOUNTAINS of cheap clothes dumped in Kenya - as experts call for brands to be forced to PAY for their waste https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11753583/The-REAL-price-fast-fashion-Shocking-images-reveal-MOUNTAINS-cheap-clothes-dumped-Kenya.html
Success stories such as Parton's show that farming without synthetic inputs is possible. At the 2020 British Farming Awards, Parton was named 'Farm Innovator of the Year' for this no-till and biological approach.
Since replacing pesticides with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, he says his yields have remained the same or surpassed previous years. The farm saves £90,000 ($111,000) a year on pesticides compared to 10 years ago. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230215-how-pesticides-harm-human-health
New Australian research suggests that heavy coffee drinkers could use decaffeinated coffee as a way to kick their caffeine habit.
Researchers have discovered that decaf quenches caffeine withdrawal symptoms – such as headache, fatigue, bad mood, and irritability – regardless of whether the drinker knew it was decaf or not. ///Heads up..... some decafs are healthier than others just so you know. https://cosmosmagazine.com/health/decaf-coffee-caffeine-withdrawal/
Myopia is becoming increasingly prevalent throughout the world and it has been predicted to affect approximately 50 per cent of the world's population by 2050, based on trending myopia prevalence figures. Myopia is an overlooked but leading cause of blindness, particularly among the working age population. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230215/Researchers-aim-to-better-understand-how-myopia-management-strategies-affect-children.aspx
Meanwhile, some worry that the chemicals from the derailed train may have contaminated the nearby Ohio river, but the West Virginia American Water utility company, which uses water from the river, said it hasn't detected any changes in the raw water, the AP reports, and no drinking water advisories have so far been issued.
Yet, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources says it's estimated that some 3,500 fish have died in the river as the result of a chemical spillage from the derailment, it confirmed on Monday, which would seem to be at odds with claims of the water being safe. https://futurism.com/neoscope/train-disaster-dying-animals
Metal oxide nanoparticles – ubiquitous in nature, and commonly used as food coloring and anti-caking agents in the commercial ingredients industry – may damage and disturb parts of the human intestine, according to new research conducted by Cornell and Binghamton University scientists.
Their work was published Feb. 9 in the journal Antioxidants. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/02/food-coloring-anti-caking-nanoparticles-may-affect-human-gut
Over the course of the past few decades, we've been able to map the Cosmic Web through observation, bringing with it the possibility of answering some of astronomy's biggest questions.
An area of particular interest is how magnetic fields behave on a cosmic scale, and what role they play in both galactic and cosmic structure formation.
New research published today in Science Advances and led by the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) in partnership with CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, is helping us to further understand these cosmic magnetic fields. https://phys.org/news/2023-02-polarized-shockwaves-universe-cosmic-web.html
Last week, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law a standard that will make the North Star State’s electricity 100 percent carbon-free by 2040. Following the Minnesota Senate’s approval on February 2 and the House on January 26, the state now has a much-needed update to its clean energy policies that advocates and other leaders have sought for several years. Congratulations, Minnesota! https://blog.ucsusa.org/james-gignac/minnesota-proves-its-readiness-for-carbon-free-electricity/
Since 1996, the statute at the center of the case, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, has protected online platforms from facing lawsuits for hosting toxic content and enabled the companies to remove posts as they saw fit. The Gonzalez case focuses on whether platforms are protected by the Section 230 shield when their own algorithms boost toxic material, videos and photos.
The possibility of a serious Section 230 overhaul has frightened internet companies across the country. It could result in less speech online and fewer recommended playlists, podcasts, product reviews, social media posts and more, the companies warned in briefs to the court. YouTube says a ruling in favor of the Gonzalez family could force it to filter out more content from its video-streaming platform. It could also threaten lucrative profits from online advertising. https://www.govtech.com/policy/supreme-court-google-case-could-upend-internet-free-speech
The red, purple and blue pigments in fruits, vegetables, and tubers called anthocyanins can reduce the risk of diabetes by affecting energy metabolism, gut microbiota, and inflammation. A new review article comparing the research results in the topic shows that the beneficial effect of anthocyanins on type 2 diabetes is increased if the anthocyanin is acylated, meaning that an acyl group is added to the sugar moieties of anthocyanin. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230215100419.htm
Behind those reviews are influencers or enthusiasts who post product recommendations, often for pay by the brand, which can skew the critique in favor of the firm.
The newest trend on social media platforms is de-influencing—influencers urging followers to think twice about impulse-purchasing certain cult-favorite products, often in favor of cheaper alternatives. De-influencing is being pushed as an anti-consumption trend, especially as many feel the crunch of their wallets due to higher living costs.
However, experts warn that this fad—which may seem rose-colored by its messaging—is just another marketing scheme.
"I think more cynically, we can think of it in some cases as just another form of influencer marketing," says Alexandra Roberts, a professor of law and media at Northeastern https://phys.org/news/2023-02-scheme-de-influencers-buy.html
Key Takeaways
If you have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, adding fruits, vegetables and whole grains to your diet may lower your risk of progression or recurrence of the disease
Researchers chalk the connection up to the fact that plants have high levels of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds
While experts note the study does not prove cause and effect, following a healthy, plant-based diet can only help https://consumer.healthday.com/prostate-cancer-2659409644.html
New Lancet Series highlights the continuing struggle that breastfeeding women face across the globe https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/new-lancet-series-highlights-the-continuing-struggle-that-breastfeeding-women-face-across-the-globe/
Soaring energy prices triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict could push up to 141 million more people around the globe into extreme poverty, a new study reveals.
Households' energy costs for heating, cooling, and mobility have risen sharply, while rising energy prices have pushed up the costs of goods and services.
Experts predict households' energy costs are likely to rise by 62.6%–112.9%, contributing to a 2.7%–4.8% hike in household expenditure and cost-of-living pressures that could push between 78 million and 141 million people into extreme poverty.
An international group of scientists—including experts from the Universities of Birmingham, Groningen and Maryland, as well as the Chinese Academy of Sciences—modeled the impact of rising prices on households in 116 countries. https://phys.org/news/2023-02-ukraine-energy-crisis-millions-extreme.html
In an email to Salon, Swaddle added that hundreds of millions of birds die every year from window collisions.
However, there is a caveat: If you put decals and other conspicuous stickers outside of your windows, the birds are more likely to see the obstruction and therefore avoid it. https://www.salon.com/2023/02/16/bird-window-prevention-study/
Researchers Discover Temperature Changes in Brain Affect Neuronal Activity https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/researchers-discover-temperature-changes-in-brain-affect-neuronal-activity/
“Climate models are the only source of detailed quantitative climate predictions, so their fidelity is critical for planning the most effective strategies to mitigate and adapt to climate change,” he said. “Our review suggests that climate models are underestimating important climate feedbacks that can amplify global warming.” https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/02/230215125023.htm
Last year alone, we saw studies linking the colony of bacteria living in our intestines to depression, motivation to exercise, weight gain, rheumatoid arthritis and overconsumption of alcohol. And earlier this year, reports emerged about ways in which gut microbiota could have an impact on diseases including Alzheimer's and, potentially, diabetes. So it made sense that when the UVA researchers wanted to find a way to interrupt the inflammatory response that leads to MS, they would turn to the microbiome.
Using mice, they found that a chemical regulator found in the intestine walls could direct gut bacteria to produce inflammatory compounds https://newatlas.com/biology/multiple-sclerosis-recovery-microbiome/
When individuals replace an item with a photo or memento, it satisfies the sense of ownership and makes downsizing easier. That’s according to a new study involving hundreds of participants, from researchers at Cornell University and Chapman University.
Parting with personal items can be a daunting task, often leading to frustration, unhappiness and even a sense of loss. One of the reasons for this is the “endowment effect” – individuals applying more meaning to things they own or view as sentimental. https://www.newswise.com/articles/want-to-ease-the-stress-of-downsizing-keep-photos-mementos-of-cherished-items
Meaning These findings suggest that dietary nitrate may be a modifiable risk factor for AMD progression; however, much of the association of nitrate intake was confounded by plant-based dietary patterns. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/article-abstract/2799979
To get a better look at the ice shelf, researchers sent a small robot dubbed Icefin almost 2,000 feet below the surface via a bored hole. The remotely-controlled robot collected images and videos, as well as crucial data including water temperature and salinity.
The collected data paints a nuanced picture, according to the researchers, revealing that the glacier is melting slower than expected as compared to previous projections, averaging 6.5 to 17.7 feet a year.
"What we have found is that despite small amounts of melting there is still rapid glacier retreat, so it seems that it doesn’t take a lot to push the glacier out of balance," Peter Davis, British Antarctic Survey oceanographer and lead author on the second paper, told CNN, warning that the "glacier is still in trouble." https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-robot-doomsday-glacier-alarmed
“They’re the world’s first superhighway system that we have,” said lead study author Richard Hansen, a professor of anthropology at Idaho State University. “What’s amazing about (the causeways) is that they unite all these cities together like a spiderweb … which forms one of the earliest and first state societies in the Western Hemisphere.”
The causeways, which rise above the seasonal swamps and dense forest flora of the Maya Lowlands, formed “a web of implied social, political, and economic interactions” with further implications regarding “strategies of governance” due to how difficult they would have been to build, according to the study. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/16/world/maya-civilization-causeways-lidar-discovery-scn
Rudolph says the exhibit wouldn’t have made it to L.A. if not for philanthropist Wallis Annenberg, who read about the show when it was in London and paid to bring it here. In an email, Annenberg wrote that she regards Salgado as “one of the greatest storytellers ever to hold a camera.” https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-16/are-californians-destroying-the-amazon-a-sebastiao-salgado-photo-exhibit-raises-question
Eating a Mediterranean diet, rich in whole grains, nuts, fish and vegetables, is associated with an improved immunotherapy response in patients with melanoma, a serious form of skin cancer. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/mediterranean-diet-benefits-patients-with-advanced-melanoma
Lack of transparency
Compounding the problem of inaccuracy is a comparative lack of transparency. Typically, search engines present users with their sources — a list of links — and leave them to decide what they trust. By contrast, it’s rarely known what data an LLM trained on — is it Encyclopaedia Britannica or a gossip blog?
“It’s completely untransparent how [AI-powered search] is going to work, which might have major implications if the language model misfires, hallucinates or spreads misinformation,” says Urman. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-chatbots-are-coming-to-search-engines-can-you-trust-them/
Powerful radars, limited scope: How no one spotted a bunch of 'objects' floating in NORAD airspace
Radar systems for weather have become so advanced that they can determine the shape of a 6-millimeter raindrop from more than 8 miles away.
How, then, did multiple objects recently shot down by fighter jets seemingly escape public notice until the U.S. military dispatched these objects with missiles?
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/powerful-radars-limited-scope-no-one-spotted-bunch-objects-floating-no-rcna7069
“Seed burial has been studied for decades in terms of mechanics, physics and materials science, but until now, no one has created an engineering equivalent,” Yao said in a statement. “The seed carrier research has been particularly rewarding because of its potential social impact. We get excited about things that could have a beneficial effect on nature.” https://www.zmescience.com/science/scientists-create-wooden-seeds-carrier-that-imitates-self-burying-seeds/
Protect yourself from future neck pain by holding your phone at eye level as much as possible, she advised.
"Our phones and tablets are valuable tools, and there's no need to give them up," Trivedi said. "The solution is to learn how to prevent tech neck while using these devices, and if pain develops, see a specialist who can help." https://consumer.healthday.com/neck-pain-2659420335.html
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which oversees most of these imports, has stated that it does not have independent authority to detain shipments of sick animals," Linder and Jamieson wrote.
The authors noted that mpox, the new name for monkeypox, arrived in the United States in 2003 in one of these shipments.
"These examples illustrate a regulatory system in urgent need of reconstruction," the authors concluded.
"What is needed is not simply for agencies to do their jobs better or to paper over the gaps, but a fundamental restructuring of the way that human-animal interfaces are governed." https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2023/02/16/6521676588525/
"We have many of the tools that are needed, including vaccines," Zeynep Tufekci, a sociologist and an opinion writer for the New York Times, wrote in a recent column about H5N1. "What's missing is a sense of urgency and immediate action." https://www.salon.com/2023/02/16/as-climate-change-disrupts-ecosystems-a-new-of-bird-flu-spreads-to-mammals_partne
Physicists solve durability issue in next-generation solar cell University of Toledo Physicists in the U.S. jumped a major hurdle standing in the way of the commercialization of solar cells created with halide perovskites as a lower-cost, higher-efficiency replacement for silicon when generating electricity from the sun. https://www.newswise.com/articles/physicists-solve-durability-issue-in-next-generation-solar-cells

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2023.04.07 02:26 Old_Sound_3785 Question: Curious about Zillow’s listing of foreclosure-type properties.

I often take a gander at houses for sale on Zillow out of curiosity and for motivation. Out of curiosity I set my filters to: foreclosure, Auctions, foreclosed, and pre-foreclosure. I find the discrepancy in the amount of listings in Ohio vs Kentucky puzzling. Does anyone know if this is an accurate representation of foreclosed type properties in the area, or if there are like weird laws in Ohio regarding these listing these types of properties? If this is marginally accurate then why might there be such a vast difference in the amount of foreclosed-type properties available?

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2023.03.23 19:25 thisisinsider Gen Z is coming for the housing market

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Soli Cayetano finally had some time on her hands. The soon-to-be college graduate was stuck at home in the spring of 2020 and coasting through Zoom classes. Normally her part-time job leasing out office space kept her busy, but those services weren't exactly in high demand at the time.
Cayetano, a self-described "hustler" who got her first job at 14, wasn't one to stay idle. So after doing a bit of research and dipping into her savings, she flew from her home in the San Francisco Bay Area to Cincinnati to check out her big pandemic purchase: a two-bedroom house for which she paid just under $100,000. She was 22.
Cayetano had no plans to move to Ohio. Instead, she did what many real-estate investors do: She touched up the property and threw it on the rental market. After the home sat vacant for a couple of months, she fired her property manager and found a tenant by listing the property on Zillow and paying an investor friend in the area to do showings. Almost three years later, she not only manages that first property from her home in California but has built a mini real-estate empire of 36 units.
While many aspects of Cayetano's foray into real-estate investing followed a well-worn path, her methods — and mindset — were decidedly of a new generation. She's a member of Gen Z, the cohort born between 1997 and 2012. Unlike millennials before them, Gen Zers have grown up during a boom in home prices. As the older members of the generation embark on careers, a growing number are turning to the world of real-estate investing as an escape from the shackles of a desk. With technology and know-how that previous generations could have only dreamed of at their age, these Gen Zers are eager to get in on the real-estate action, and they're poised to reshape the housing market as they claim their slice of the pie.
Read the full article on Insider here.

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