I've never been a staff member on any tracker, so don't know the answers to these questions below. However, knowing them would allow me to better handle a case I'm facing on a Gazelle tracker at the moment, and then further contribute to this case being handled fairly by the staffs. They are being asked for legit reasons:

• Is the Staff PM visible to all staffs, after it has been sent but before any staff has replied? Or is it only visible to only one staff who is dedicated to assigning different Staff PMs to different staffs? (the sensible guess is the former, but still asking for sure, same for the below) (of course, SysOP can view everything and Admin can view almost everything, so, “staffs” here mostly refers to “Mods”)
  
• Is there a dedicated staff responsible for assigning these Staff PMs, according to the topic of responsibility, to the staff in charge? Or, as agreed among staffs, do other staffs "opt out" of replying (even though they CAN view it and reply) and only the staff responsible for the topic in question replies/jumps in?
  

The core question: Assuming it is staff Henry who replies to member Susan's Staff PM, and Susan disagrees with Henry's ruling, what is the standard process for Susan to ask the staff team to reopen her case? — In anticipation of an unproductive point that may be raised, “The so-called disagreement from members is just sophistry, the staff's judgement is always right!” Here's a true story. Pardon me to put it in an external link as a screenshot to avoid making this post too lengthy, diluting the topic here.
If Susan had first expressed her disagreement in the 1v1 PM with Henry, and Henry had upheld his ruling, so she then had to turn to other staffs to intervene by sending a Staff PM and asking to be handled by other staffs, would Susan have felt offended? (Of course, only Susan knows this, so this question is asking whether an average staff would feel offended. I think even if she felt offended, she probably wouldn't admit it publicly, so I'd rather phrase it this way: Do you, a mod, think your staff colleagues would feel offended by such a thing?)
Is this “request to be handled by another staff” allowed? Or “the final decision of any staff is the final decision of the staff team”, so no appeals are accepted? (I cannot find the answer to this question on the rules, wiki pages of all the gazelle trackers I'm on)
Do other staffs still have permission/privilege to view this Staff PM after Henry has replied/handled?
Will other staffs view the Staff PM after Henry replies? (Not asking about ability or access, but whether it actually happens in practice, or let's phrase it like this: Will other staffs view always, often, seldom or never?) In Henry's perspective, the mere fact that he knows his colleagues will look at how he disposes of the case is enough to make him more inclined to handle it more fairly (as frequent unjust and inappropriate rulings in front of colleagues imply incompetence). In case you're interested in how peer pressure can influence a staff's judgement, check the story in the link above.
In order for more people to benefit from this post, these questions are being asked generally (what are the general gazelle trackers like), however just in case someone says different gazelle trackers handle differently, let's say we're talking about PTP, BTN, RED and GGn then as they are the icons of gazelle trackers in multiple aspects.

I've been dealing with extreme pain from sciatic nerve compression due to herniated disk since a couple of months.
It heals very slowly. I was wondering if someone with nerve injury or chronic nerve pain was negatively affected by fasting or not.
I am currently fasting but I don't want to do more damage or delay healing. I take my medication during Sahoor and Iftar.
Do you have family members with similar issues who benefited from fasting?

Went to a job interview. Absolutely love the job and really felt a connection to the manager and team when I met with them. They asked for a reference, which I provided. They were very accommodating in that they accepted a reference that allowed me to keep the job search discrete. The more formal reference can come later on. In the mean time, I did my due diligence and they allowed me to speak with current team members and also had meet with higher level personnel.. of course to make we are all a good fit for each other.
Everything up till this point has been great. When the offer came through (Day 1), I ultimately had to decline due to issues with structure of the schedule. This was a point of contention during the initial process that I made clear. With that said, this refusal wasn’t completely unexpected.
(Still day 1) I get a response shortly there after saying they are willing to accommodate and adjust scheduling. I replied back saying if they can meet my scheduling request, I would reconsider. (Day 2) supervisor replies back confirming that they would work on it and asked if I had any final questions. I replied that same day to confirm the nitty gritty stuff (I.e job title and confirm benefits (vacay, bonuses structure), all to get it in writing considering this is a deviation from the initial offer.
Day 3 and 4 came and went. I sent an e-mail day 5 to check in and make sure my response was received. Radio silence. Day 6 and 7 came and went. Nothing.
Day 8- response came back saying my message was received. And that they’ll get back to me once they have a tentative schedule built out. Keep in mind, this isn’t the recruiter or hiring manager. This is my future supervisor. And there’s really no possible reason for the radio silence, unless there’s some extenuating circumstances, which in this case, there wasn’t.
AITA for declining the job a second time? Left a bad taste in a my mouth. During radio silence, I simply thought I was ghosted because maybe they found another less demanding candidate. It’s a business and I totally understand, no hard feelings. But I expected more professionalism. With the response now, I’m a bit stuck since I’m already come to terms with not accepting it and told the family the same (they were happy, because me taking this job, required some sacrifice on their end). I’m not so sure it’s worth it anymore.

So here's an interesting scam that seems to be making the rounds.
This scam is very subtle, because some sites do seem to offer a legitimate variant.
Basically, certain websites appear to be claiming they can win anyone notoriety by offering to write Wikipedia pages for exorbitant sums of money.

Almost Definite Scam Sites

• https://www.wikicounsellor.com/lp-offer
• https://www.wikifederation.com/lp-offer
• https://www.wikiprofessionalsinc.com/lp-coupon
• https://www.wikiproficiency.com/lp-new
• https://www.thewikiinc.com/
• https://www.wikisolutionsllc.com/
• https://www.wikicreatorsllc.com/ ^\Further info on this one below.)

The reasons why this is ^{(almost definitely}) a scam:

1. Wikipedia has a "notability" requirement, which the scam sites do not appear to be addressing. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability) This is the reason that neither your Uncle Gus nor your local "Soda/BeeLotto Tickets Store" will likely have a Wikipedia page for longer than a few hours.
2. What these sites claim to be offering seems to be subtly exploiting the public's misunderstanding of how Wikipedia even works. In reality, so long as a subject has sufficient "notability", a Wikipedia page can be written (for free) and should be able to remain up indefinitely.
3. We can see that there are already people who have been duped by these shady activities (here are some complaints about Wiki Creators LLC): https://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/wikicreatorsllc.com#11 https://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/wikicreatorsllc.com#17 https://www.trustpilot.com/review/wikicreatorsllc.com?stars=1
4. We can also see a more serious complaint was actually filed with the Better Business Bureau here: https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/oakland/profile/writewikicreators-llc-1116-934772/complaints ^{(Note: Though this one has been marked "resolved", note that it does not indicate the actual service was ultimately provided and that only once this case was escalated to this degree was there ostensibly an attempt to placate complainant})

Less-Likely a Scam

• https://www.wikinative.com/
• https://www.whitehatwiki.com/

That being said, there are professional services out there that are far less "scammy". These services do inform their clients of the "notability" requirement, thereby not duping the general public into thinking they can simply spend X amount of dollars to instantly gain notoriety.
This version of the service — ostensibly legitimate — appears to be geared towards individuals/businesses of already sufficient "notability" who are looking to make sure their clients' pages are properly maintained.
The only kinda iffy thing here is the potential for a relatively chonky fee for simply checking "notability", but still... I would expect this to be within tolerances for real consulting 😅

Why this matters.

When a close family member of mine recently received an email solicitation from Wiki Solutions LLC and I saw him immediately convinced into thinking that having a Wikipedia page created for anyone was a legitimate business model, and — in his mind — of course the "price" of such a page would be understandably expensive, I realized that this scam was far more convincing and caustic than it seemed at face value.
When I had my wealth of evidence — both self-evident as in the case of Wikipedia's "notability" policy and also the wealth of people complaining about the scammy behavior of one of the sites in question — I contacted their host to see if they could simply address the situation quietly.
The host refused to take action (even when I suggested something as simple as their simply warning the site owner about the misleading lack of a "notability" clause). The host also appeared to keep moving the bar a bit further for what it would require to take action, and where we left off was them requiring a "police report". It seemed as though the host was doing all it could to prevent losing a sure revenue stream, so that was a bit alarming (although understandable from a coldly transactional standpoint; after all, I'm sure plausible deniability is a heck of a drug). ^{(Although it is possible the host simply got duped by the believability of this scam too. ¯\}_(ツ)_/¯)
That's why I've come here. This scam doesn't even seem to have a name yet, that's why I went with something safe and dry like the "Wikipedia Consultancy Scam". But it does appear to be a real scam, and a bit more believable than other similar scams. It's in a similar vein as a Modeling Scam, a Who's-Who Scam, or a Vanity Award Scam... it preys on the vanity and lack of savviness of the victim.
Please keep your eyes out for this.

As the episodes continue to divert more screen time to advantages, it is becoming increasingly obvious who the true contenders are to win this game. While I feel like we've gotten to know most of the characters, only a few are visible enough and given enough depth to really be our potential winners (unless we have an Erika situation on our hands, but I doubt they'd make that mistake again). Sarah got one of the weirdest edits ever for a fourth/fifth boot, as she seems as though she'd be a prime candidate to be purpled but ended up with seventeen confessionals. I expect our next pre-merge boot to be similarly visible, but lacking in personal content, which leaves me worried for Danny, Yam Yam, Kane, and Matt as we head into next week.
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Who are my top contenders? ...

1. Carolyn. (+3) We all knew it was coming. Easily the most developed character with both personal and strategic content, and clearly in the best position right now. She is shown to be holding all the agency, making moves that strengthen her own game, and not compromising to benefit other people. Time was devoted to her 'red cross' on the cage, despite it ultimately leading to nothing as Sarah went home with the fake idol in her pocket. All of this combined with her cold open leaves me confident enough to give her as high as 80% chance to be the winner of the game at this point.
2. Matthew. (-) One of two mat talkers to remain in my top contender tier. Besides Carolyn, Matthew feels like the other main character of the season. He gets dedicated time each week to explain where he is in the game and his confessionals about strategy talk are long and complex. His alliances are outlined, and he is also connected to a group of other well developed characters - them being Brandon, Kane, and now Carson too. When so many people that have strong content are grouped together, it heavily hints that their alliance are primed to make a deep run. There are a couple of red flags for me though. First of all, the shoulder narrative. It still feels like a med-evac is being foreshadowed - but would they really devote so much time to a pre-merge med-evac (unless of course they have already invited them back for the next returnee season)? If not a med-evac, it feels like it has been heavily suggested since the first episode that his dumb decision to climb the rock will come back to haunt him in one way or another. Also, I'm getting villainous vibes from Matthew, and they even used some Darth Vader-ish music to accompany him at one point in the episode. Villains can win, but more than not they are used as a final boss taken down by the eventual winner.
3. Frannie. (+3) It's the mat talk scene that is still keeping Frannie so high, but even without that, her edit is not bad at all. We continuously go to her for narration on the Soka tribe, and she definitely feels like the most visible member of her group. We have also seen a bit of a bump in the amount of strategy we are hearing from her in the last couple of episodes, with her getting the key confessional this week explaining how she and Matt are a pair and Heidi and Danny are a pair, and they wanted to get rid of Josh, but Jaime arriving in their tribe makes that more complicated. She is also doing a good job of keeping tight with Heidi and Danny, and I liked when she offered to keep watch for Danny checking Jaime's bag in this episode. Moving forward I want to see a little bit of personal content from Frannie to solidify her as a top contender.
4. Carson. (-3) I think people were right that I was overcompensating for the fact that I'm not a Carson fan by putting him at number one last week. This episode he got a bit of a cooldown, which was much needed, but we still got a little bit of strategy talk from him, noting that he knew in the position he was in that he could not afford to risk his vote at advantage island. There have been a few red flags for him - the Helen misread etc. but overall I do think he has been shown to be smart, and he's had tons of personal content which indicate he'll be around for a while.

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Who else is still a contender? ...

• Danny. (+2) He also got a quieter episode this week, but that's ok because Soka were not that important to how the episode played out. He was shown to take the initiative to search through Jaime's bag, but more importantly he got a confessional explaining his decision to do so and how he felt about his actions ethically. This scene painted him as complex and ridded his actions of any potential negativity. I think Danny is definitely one to watch moving forward, and he would be in my top contender tier if it wasn't for his weak premiere.
• Brandon. (-1) Another consistently visible player who received a cooldown this episode. His unnecessary personal content from last week is still sticking out to me as an anomaly on a season that has tended to avoid highlighting player's backstories, especially when they are not relevant to what is going on. I'm not fully sold on him as a top contender because of the similarities in his edit to his favourite player Danny (41). He had a huge premiere followed by single confessionals in each episode reminding us of his presence. I think he'll likely be a late game challenge threat who gets taken out at final 8/7.
• Heidi. (+1) Despite technically moving up a spot, I do think Heidi's winning chances are slowly slipping away. All of the content she gets is of a good quality, but I'm not convinced there is enough of it. I was waiting for her to give a confessional explaining her choice to take out Claire at the start of the episode, but it never really came. I'm leaning towards her being important because she is Danny's #2 and a late gamer, more than because she is the eventual winner. Another week of lacklustre content and she'll be down into the next tier.

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Who am I losing hope for? ...

• Yam Yam. (-5) A shocking episode from Yam Yam hammered with negativity which pulls into question everything positive we have been shown about him since the premiere. Up until now he has been portrayed as level headed and an extremely capable social player, but this episode we discovered that he and Carolyn butt heads all the time, and that everyone in the game sees him as a clear threat and the biggest target on the Tika tribe. Without more favourable content next episode to pull us back on track, I think the Yam Yam tram will be permanently derailed.
• Kane. (-) I'm still not out on Kane despite his poor premiere and his continued goofy portrayal. This was a big cooldown episode for him, which I think was warranted considering the focus he received in the second and third episodes. The only thing of note for him this episode is that the camera really focused on his struggles on the balance beam, and I don't think they needed to show us them at all if he was the eventual winner. I'm starting to see a potential losing finalist trajectory for him.

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Who is not winning? ...

• Matt. (+1) A big cooldown for Matt after weeks of straight personal content. I've dropped him down into the not winning category as while I still think he's destined to reach final tribal, I think the dodo edit that keeps dunking on him (albeit affectionately) clearly shows that he is never going to be able to get control of the game.
• Lauren. (-1) Despite being visible in the premiere, all her content was circumstantial and advantage based, and since then we've seen so little of her that I'm confident in eliminating her. Again, I believe her extra vote will play a big role, but that she ultimately won't.
• Jaime. (-) I hope that Jaime makes it all the way to the end of the game because I love watching her so much, but she is clearly getting a dodo edit and was cast to be more of a character than a strategist on the show. I was impressed that she hid her idols properly, though.
• Josh. (-) He finally got to have some kind of presence on the show, but the eventual boot of the episode slating his obvious occupation lie is just another way the edit is telling us he has no shot to win the game.

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This posting is to document a combination of a user ban and removal of posts, under the posted subreddit rule "No glorification of NXIVM or any criminal activity."
Yesterday evening and overnight an account left a number of comments in support of Keith Raniere. Absent her explicit self-identification, I cannot name the individual I believe owns the account without running afoul of Reddit policy. However, the account owner left some clues (I believe deliberately) suggesting her identity as a known Raniere loyalist. If it is not her, then I believe it is someone trying to pose as her.
This activity coincides with Raniere continuing to file complaints against Bureau of Prisons and also with his attempt to be heard by the Supreme Court. I do not pretend to know what any of Raniere's followers are doing here, but I do know that even a SCOTUS ruling may not deter some followers.
But of greatest concern is that that the individual posted within a 12 hour interval that, if this person is in fact who and where I believe they are, suggests that NXIVM is continuing with making people do menial work for lengthy and odd hours.
Speaking directly to this person: please seek help\. It's not too late. You don't owe Raniere anything. For resources:

• https://humantraffickinghotline.org/en
• https://www.rainn.org/resources

For everyone else:

• Under no circumstances will any active members of a NXIVM successor group be welcome to participate here. They will be banned and referred to Reddit admins as soon as they are ID'd.
• If you see activity to evade the ban (generating new accounts, organized raid behavior, off-site organizing of a brigade, abuse of DM's, etc.) report it to me and/or Reddit admins.
• Anything more severe than that (harassment, threats, account hacking, etc.) contact law enforcement.

I am leaving this thread open for 24 hours to take questions. Forgive me if my answers are vague and say at the outset that I'm not identifying the suspected individual, but I do have good reason for my suspicion.

If you're anything like me and you love to read articles and hoard information in your brain, you'll be thrilled to learn (or be reminded) that the Journal of Popular Romance Studies has their archives online! (If you already knew this, then I'm just jealous.)
Contains everything from scholarly articles (Can She Have it All? Pregnancy Narratives in Contemporary Category Romance) to analyses of books (Chamorro WWII Novels) to interviews (e.g. Susan Elizabeth Phillips). There are also some special issues - Black Romance contains, among other things, some truly epic interviews, while Romantic Fiction in the International Marketplace gives a glimpse into how romance appears in some non-Anglophone countries.
Check it out, and if you find anything else amazing drop it in the comments for the benefit of the rest of us! Happy reading!

Q Blockchain is a decentralized blockchain platform built on Ethereum technology, using a Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) consensus mechanism with an independent second layer of nodes to improve the robustness of the system. The Q network uses Q Tokens as its native asset, which are fully fungible and used to pay for all fees and transactions within the network. Validator Nodes, responsible for maintaining the Q Blockchain, are chosen based on the number of Q Tokens staked to them. Holders of Q Tokens can also delegate their tokens to Validator Nodes, which promotes competition between Validator Nodes and supports the decentralization of the Q network. The Q Constitution serves as the governing document for the Q system and lays down the rights and obligations of all stakeholders involved, including Validator Nodes, Q Token holders, and other users of the Q system. The Constitution is enforced through on-chain and off-chain elements, including the use of smart contracts to enforce the rules of the Constitution and community governance to ensure compliance. Q’s economic model is designed to balance power between different stakeholder groups, with a multi-stakeholder governance model that distributes decision-making power across different groups. Q Token Holders can propose and vote on changes to the protocol, while Integrated Application Providers have the power to decide how to distribute the fees generated by their applications. Validators are responsible for maintaining the network and can be removed by the community if they act against the interests of the network. This multi-stakeholder governance model helps prevent any one group from having too much power over the network, promoting a fair and decentralized system that benefits all participants. The five main themes that will be in focus in Q’s future development, according to the Q whitepaper, are: usage of Q, improving features and functionality, community development, protocols building on Q, and continuous improvement and innovation. These themes aim to promote the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies, improve the Q protocol, develop a strong community, attract other protocols to build on Q, and continue to innovate and improve the Q system. Home — Q

Posted Feb 04, 2021. Before Superstonk existed. So some of the speculation is a bit dated and financials have changed. Still holds water though.

"Meme Stocks, The Infinite Game, and How the Market has Changed the Players"

by: [redacted]

Pre-pandemic --------- member with Asperger's here – I have designed stupid board games and video games for years, and while I have spent a ton of time watching what's going on and thinking about everything, I was suddenly reminded about the game design concept of "Finite and Infinite Games."
It's worth viewing the current situation under this lens and I wanted to shine some light on how this game design concept factors into meme stocks, and what everyone (including myself) has missed until today.
All of this is my opinion. It is not a recommendation or financial advice or a call to action even if it looks like it. My positions are long GME and --- in small amounts because I am poor, but I got in super early on both so I have no plans to sell.
Finite and Infinite Games
For those that have never heard of this, it comes from a book with the same name and the main idea is simple:
Finite games have a clear end and the purpose of a player is to win. Football is a finite game. Monopoly is a finite game. Getting your stock to a certain target price and selling is a finite game.
Infinite games do not have a clear end, and the purpose of a player is to stay in the game longer than the opponent. The game can even outlast the players. Running a business is an infinite game. Exploration is an infinite game. The Cold War was an infinite game.
When finite-minded players enter a finite game, or when infinite-minded players enter an infinite game, the game functions properly. But things get wild when a player sits down at the wrong game.
The Vietnam War
I'm stealing this section from the beginning of Simon Sinek's incredible talk because I am lazy and it fits the point I'm trying to make.
The US got into the Vietnam War to win a war. If the enemy ended up flying a white flag, victory is achieved. They were playing to win the game (finite-mindset) and they won a lot of battles.
But the Vietnamese were fighting for their lives and their way of life. Their goal was to get the other player to drop out or simply outlast the opposition until they left (which the US eventually did). And the Vietnamese were willing to fight to the last man to do it.
The United States won a ton of battles but the Vietnamese won the war.
What type of game is the stock market?
We can answer this a lot of ways but my simplest take is this: the stock market is a weird beast because it's an infinite game (outlast your opponents) but most people play with a finite mindset: A player tries to get their stock to hit a certain target price, and they cash out (win) and leave or play again (pick a new stock).
During the past few weeks, a tremendous amount of players entered the meme stock game and used orders and limits to win so they could leave. Their opponents did the same.
Even when the rules are lopsided, the game functions as both sides (bulls and bears) try to cheerlead and do whatever they can to fight for their side, short or long.
Enter Robbing hood
It's no secret that last Thursday, the rules of the game drastically changed for players in meme stocks, as millions of players were suddenly knocked out, impacting the score for every other player. Demand is directly linked to price.
This collapsed the demand line for all players during one of the biggest bull runs in history. Viewed in terms of the game, a referee (Robbing hood) essentially benched millions of players on one side of the game to the benefit of the opposing team. This is why there was a sudden and immediate outpouring of powerful people from all angles condemning the action, and Congress is calling a hearing. The referee broke the game (meme stocks fall because the demand is suppressed) and no timeout was called. This created an absolutely gigantic problem.
How finite-minded players adjusted
Players of the finite game that got robbed now came to a crossroads. They could

1. Hold and keep playing, hoping their meme stock would hit their target price
2. Cut their losses and sell to keep a smaller profit or prevent deeper losses

The players that were benefited by the shakedown also had a choice. And that choice looked different because of their advantage:

1. Stay with the meme stock, hoping to get their stock to a target price or better
2. Cash out, and maybe move to other stocks immediately because holy God this meme stock well is poisoned and the volatility is insane

At the end of the day, all these players are looking to cash out at a number, so even though they are on different sides, and meme stocks are crazy right now, the game is still playable.
If you haven't fallen asleep yet, here is the part where things go off the rails and no one is talking about it because no one has put the right words to it yet. A HUGE NUMBER of these finite-minded players have been turned into infinite-minded players.
Through all the noise of ----------- and Facebook and Twitter, I have noticed some major changes in the way people are talking about their meme stock holdings since Thursday:

• "Food Stamps or Lambos. GME to the moon."
• "Do I die with --- or get Cremated with ---?"
• "I'm holding --- until they make a movie about us"

All of these are hilarious. But there is something deeper going on psychologically with these people, and it is clear to me that they have changed from a finite-mindset to an infinite mindset. You can find even deeper examples like:

• Lay low, hold the line, our time will come
• I have faith
• I'm burned out but I'm never selling

Let me break down what you're seeing here:
When these players got robbed, it instilled in them a righteous desire for justice.
I'm sure a bunch of them are familiar with The Big Short, or were connected to the 2008 housing market crisis, and they're all aware of how these things happen at the expense of the common man and no one gets punished.
In their minds, the only path forward now is to get revenge by putting the game back on its original path, through their sheer force of will. They will die playing this game, and they cannot be reasoned or argued with. Maybe they still have a target price in mind, but I need to be even more clear:
These infinite-minded players are working to get the other players to drop out and

they are not leaving

Remember that Vietnam War analogy I used earlier? Right now, finite-minded players who only care about the target price of a meme stock are simply looking to win. But the converted, infinite-minded players are playing the long game, and while they may have limited resources (the Vietnamese were completely outgunned and outnumbered), you will only be able to these people from their position when they win.
Now, you can make the case that this is simply a matter of the 5 stages of grief, and maybe that is true for some of them. But at the end of the day, if their action remains constant (holding and buying), then it doesn't matter.
What does all this mean?
I'd be lying if I said I knew, but I can wildly speculate for the rest of this post, which I will do and you will listen.
The market is always trying to achieve equilibrium, but what we are seeing is a motion to achieve rules equilibrium. These players were cheated, so they have created their own set of rules to play by: buy and hold. While these players may be small in number, they are going to quietly drain the supply without anyone noticing.
The floor for these meme stocks is going to continue to rise, and these players will continue to get people on board and things are going to snowball. At some point they will attract the attention of people with real money who believe in their pursuit of justice. And unlike the squeeze we started to see last week, the supply and demand curve is going to be so out of whack, you may see meme stock squeezes come out of nowhere with volatility that will blow our minds.
Even if these people lose they win
Imagine for a moment that GME collapses to $20 a share. Maybe the next quarter financials are abysmal. Do you think for a moment that these people aren't going to be dumping every single dollar they have into it? This will be like Christmas to them, because GME is not an investment in their minds, it's a ticket for their cause. It's the path to revenge.
And what if anything bad happens to DFV/Roaring Kitty after he's pulled into a congressional hearing? What if there is news of a crackdown on Reddit? These players know that it's not smart to storm the capital. So they're attacking the system at a specific place with their own money.
Some of these people saw what their position was at $480. It was staring them in the face and it was going up. Then they watched it plummet in real time.
Can you imagine the level of conviction these people have? Do you think the hedge funds or even the other players have this level of steadfastness? ----------- jokes about people with diamond hands. These people have diamond hearts.
I'll say it again: If someone with a lot of money is smart enough to notice all this, the nuclear bomb of a broken supply and demand curve is going to explode, making these infinite-minded players rich, and demolishing those with weaker backbones. We might lose a chunk of the market each time one of these meme stock nukes goes off.
Personally I'm not sure we're ever going back down to $20 for GME. But I'm also shocked that it's above $40 right now. The truth of the matter is this:
The infinite-minded players have divorced meme stock price from the financials and it will be that way until we reach a point where the game resets to where it was on Thursday
This may take days, weeks, months, or years to get there for some of the meme stocks, but it doesn't matter because these people have invented their own rules and there are more players in that position than you or I think. The media will eventually stop talking about these meme stocks, assuming people have walked away, but these players have found their cause and they will be committed to it until their wrong is righted. And they are literally willing to die trying.
Please, please, PLEASE be aware of this, especially with GME. The mindset of a large number of players has shifted almost overnight and they have chosen their battlefield. None of their opponents are fighting the game at their level. And throughout history, when infinite-minded players have played an infinite game against finite-minded players, the infinite-minded players have won. They have won every, single, time.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk. And if you connected with any of this, or it is helping to provide you with some answers, please share it. I can't post to --------- or Investing, so my reach is limited, but in the small corners I've put it, people are really connecting with what I'm sharing.
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TLDR:

Finite games have a clear end and the purpose of a player is to win. Infinite games do not have a clear end, and the purpose of a player is to stay in the game longer than the opponent. The stock market is a weird beast because it's an infinite game (outlast your opponents) but most people play with a finite mindset.
Robbing Hood shut off the buy button. This created an absolutely gigantic problem. A HUGE NUMBER of these finite-minded players have been turned into infinite-minded players. Even if these people lose they win. $20 a share, this will be like Christmas to them. They are going to quietly drain the supply without anyone noticing. Until we reach a point where the game resets to where it was on January 2021. These people have diamond hearts. None of their opponents are fighting the game at their level.
And throughout history, when infinite-minded players have played an infinite game against finite-minded players, the infinite-minded players have won. They have won every, single, time.
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Buy, directly register, book, hold and shop.
Power to the Players.
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Suzy or Eddie Izzard (she goes by either name) made a comment that in Nazi Germany she would have been murdered for being transgender. Graham Linehan, an online anti-trans extremist who used to be a comedy writer and married, sarcastically retorted that the Nazis were "famously bigoted against straight white men with blonde hair" (misgendering Izzard in the process, as is de rigueur within this particular online cesspit). Duffield, a Labour MP with a long and persistent history of anti-trans activism, liked the tweet. Per the Labour Party's social media policy, liking of favouriting hateful content is against party rules.
While the treatment of trans people under the Nazi regime was incredibly complex, it is absolutely false to blithely imply that someone such as Izzard would not have faced persecution. As the Museum of Jewish Heritage states, "Hitler’s Nazi government.... brutally targeted the trans community, deporting many trans people to concentration camps and wiping out vibrant community structures". Late last year, a regional court in Cologne, Germany found that denial of Nazi persecution of trans people qualified as "denial of Nazi crimes".

I am looking to do a penalty free IRA withdrawal but in order to do so I have to be “what the IRS calls total and permanent disability.”
I read that SSDI recipients are classified as follows:
“Social Security further classifies disabilities based on your prospects for recovery, with the following designations: medical improvement expected, medical improvement possible and medical improvement not expected. These categories determine how frequently the SSA will review your condition to see if you still qualify for benefits.”
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Is there any easy to find out my classification?

I recently bought a pair of Vaporfly 2. I'm a 11.5 stone mid-forefoot striker and have a fairly neutral footstrike with no major pronation issues. My only concern before buying was that I may be a little heavy for them. What I actually found was that they feel a bit unstable for me. Maybe that's because I'm used to shoes with more stability but it did get me thinking. A lot of my club members wear these shoes. Most are heel strikers, some are heavier than me and I've noticed very visible overpronation with some. Almost all wear them for the majority of their training. It made me wonder a few things about this style of high performance, carbon plated shoe:

1. Do they provide any benefit to the type of runner I described above?
2. I find them awkward when walking/jogging slowly but they're great when I open up. Is there a pace where, if the wearer is slower than that pace, they won't benefit from the design of the shoe?
3. Will there likely be an increase in injuries as a result of non elite runners using this type of shoe prolifically?

I'd be keen to hear anyones thoughts on the above questions and any other thoughts they might have on this type of show.

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During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese established a puppet state in Inner Mongolia called Mengjiang. Mengjiang was disbanded by the invasion of Soviet and Mongolian troops in August 1945. On 9 September 1945, a congress of "People's Representatives" was held in what is now the Sonid Right Banner. The congress was attended by representatives, 80 of them, from the Chahar, Xilingol, and Siziwang areas. The congress proclaimed the Inner Mongolian People's Republic, and a provisional government of 27 members were elected, of whom 11 were in the Standing Committee.
The Chinese Communist Party took notice of the government, fearing separatism. The CCP sent Ulanhu to take control of the situation, and he ordered the Inner Mongolian government to be dissolved. The region was organized later as the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region.
But what if the Inner Mongolian People's Republic instead united with the Mongolian People's Republic?