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Played through Bloodborne again. Well, almost. Didn't do Gehrman yet, but the DLC is done. Took me over an hour again to beat the orphan of Kos (or some say... Kosm). First phase is for sure a lot harder than the 2nd one. First one needs a lot of patience and some luck. 2nd phase is pretty much just "dodge into him" and don't drain your stamina too fast. After that, I went a little bit into Elden Ring again. Haven't finished the DLC yet, still lots of content for that one. But damn, the game is visually just beautiful.

Ok, I've now seen the modern version of The Running Man. It was ok, as such things go. Not a very good film, really, but at least it did feel more like it actually used the book as inspiration. The main chr/actor tho - I was assuming the uber angry/max bad temper posture/walk/expression was intentional, and it didn't work. It was like a bad SNL angry-man satire. The pacing/editing killed it, like many things these days. I mean, I felt more attachment to everything going on (and chrs) in ye old Lethal Weapon series. These days it's just set piece after set piece sewn together with nylon threads. Edit: actually, a lot of stuff these days feels akin to doing a TikTok scroll pattern. "Set piece", finger-scroll, "Set piece", finger scroll. Makes sense I suppose. 2nd Edit: I saw Matt Damon/Ben Affleck's interview re: Netflix asking them to put a huge action sequence in the 1st 5 minutes to keep phone-users attention at the start, and they made it sound like that's a totally new thing/ruining movies. Matrix? Bond, sometimes? It's more how it's done - plus whether the film makes that 1st attention grabber worth the rest of the time, to the end.

It's Costco day. Which is where one spends a silly amount of money, to supposedly save money. At least we've never left CostCo with a giant inflatable boat or $5k patio set. Wouldn't fit in the car, anyway.

That sounds like a positioning or animation offset bug rather than something you did wrong. Stuff like this usually happens when the interaction point on the furniture doesn’t line up correctly, especially on consoles. Try picking up and placing the lounger again on a flat surface, or rotating it and reloading the area. A full restart can also reset animation sync issues. If it keeps happening, it’s probably a known Xbox Series S glitch and worth reporting, since it’s more visual than gameplay-breaking.

This issue came up again while I was playing and it for some reason bound to my ESC key.

During the fight there are a lot of times that I cant hurt the masked stranger, my attacks go right through her and she remains unhurt. Not sure if this is a way to force the player to kill the broodmother first or not but its frustrating that I have died multiple times now due to this I am assuming bug.

During the fight there are a lot of times that I cant hurt the masked stranger, my attacks go right through her and she remains unhurt. Not sure if this is a way to force the player to kill the broodmother first or not but its frustrating that I have died multiple times now due to this I am assuming bug.

If I chop the stump to the grass does it grow back? I've had this come up so many times.. sometimes I feel like it does, and others I don't . Can I get an answer? I'm hoping it comes back..

Soon there'll be AI videos minutes after an execution to protect whatever narrative they come up with. And of course witness videos will be fake AI generated.

Oh for sure, german CDU is already getting more and more friendly with the AFD. That's probably what our next government will be.. CDU + AFD. Ironically, the few states and towns where the AFD was already voted in, are doing really badly economically. Those people are extremely incompetent and it will only get worse in the future.

conservative will choose to collaborate with fascist again it is all very predictable

The problem is that all the second amendment bros joined ICE, so they don't care about gun rights anymore.

In Portugal a neonazi organization was recently found to be heavily armed, doing military training, and planning operations to goad Muslims into violence. Over ten members of the organisation were found to also be members of Chega, the Portuguese Conservative party totally not right wing fascist.

Federal agent secured gun from Minn. man before fatal shooting, videos show

The german AFD sees the Minnesota ICE footage and ofc now says that we need something like ICE as well to get rid of our immigrants. And still there are people claiming the AFD aren't right wing fascists.

PS: if I remember correctly then Magran's Blessing has a Fire Shield which also can proc Swift Flurry because this version of Fire Shield inherits the weapon attack tag from the shield it's attached to. So Magran's Blessing + multihit weapon could also be a nice pick.

I have definitely crashed my game countless times with Force of Anguish on a single-/one-handed Nalpazca/Stalker. So not offhand but main hand, nothing in the offhand. So that might play a role as well. Since Swift Flurry/HBD only execute main hand attacks (even if the offhand crit triggered SF/HBD) it is considered to be safe(r) to use Mohora Tanga in the offhand since that limits the risk of too many Red Flag Flying loops. But this is a theory mostly, slightly backed by some testing results but comprehensively proven I guess. Your observation with offhand auto-attacks may reveal something still. For example it could be that exceptions get caught by the game properly when attack abilities are used and then the loop gets canceled no matter what or are just more robust - but with auto attacks those exceptions might get totally unchecked and get handed up until the game needs to close before compromising the OS's performance due to memory issues. No idea, it's just a guess. But it could indeed be that auto attacks behave differently in that regard and that's why you see more crashes (or any) in the first place. Could also be that your hardware (RAM size, CPU etc.) influence how many loops can be processed until it has to shut down to prevent bigger issues. It might be that players with more RAM will see Crashes a lot less often than players with less RAM. Again: just a guess. But if a player tries out Mohora Tanga and it just works and doesn't crash the game often: that's great. I also made it fun despite the crashes. I just had to find a way that works well for me. In any case it's mad fun to just obliterate an otherwise difficult foe with a series of nasty crits - all in one strike.

trump's immigration efforts are becoming less popular. however, The New York Times/Siena poll 11% o' all respondents believe ICE tactics have "not gone far enough." 24% o' republican respondents believe ICE tactics have "not gone far enough." the large % o' republicans who is ok with the current situation, and the significant % who want more o' the ultraviolence is problematic. those extreme republicans vote, and they is overrepresented in primaries where candidates is chosen. edit: please recall that in trump 1.0, the administration gave up on their family separation policy because republicans were repelled by the cruelty. only 25% of americans (or less) supported the family separation policy. today, routine violations o' first amendment and civil rights don't bother most republicans anymore than did cecot, and near a quarter o' republicans is disappointed that immigration enforcement is too cautious and polite. ... we are fundamentally broken, and a mid-term loss for the republicans ain't gonna fix the problems.

I see oil investment and rebuilding Venezuela's collapsed oil infrastructure is going ahead nicely, that revenue is the key to restoring the country and public\private sector partnerships are going to be implemented like it use to be before Chavez started nationalizing\stealing foreign oil assets https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2...nts-oil-law-reform-to-break-with-chavez-model " Caracas, Venezuela: Venezuela’s parliament has advanced a proposal to loosen the state’s control over its oil industry and boost the private sector’s role in the first major overhaul of the industry in years. The proposal to reform Venezuela’s Hydrocarbons Law was thrust upon the country after the abduction of former President Nicolas Maduro by the United States on January 3 and had generated significant interest across businesses and political parties. Approved in its first reading on Thursday, the reform breaks with several principles of the oil nationalisation carried out by former President Hugo Chavez in 2006, which reserved exclusive crude marketing rights for state-owned oil company PDVSA. The new text allows direct commercialisation by private companies, permits the opening of bank accounts in any currency and jurisdiction, and, while reaffirming PDVSA’s majority stake in joint ventures, allows minority partners to exercise technical and operational management. The bill also proposes repealing the law that reserves ancillary services related to primary oil activities for the state, allowing private companies to subcontract oil extraction, provided they assume the associated costs and risks." Also the whole concern about " utter chaos and further instability in Venezuela if Maduro is removed " is not happening. Its primarily because most Venezuelans just want a functional country and Maduro as a leader systematically destroyed that reality https://www.terra.com.br/noticias/mundo/quase-ninguem-mais-fala-de-nicolas-maduro-na-venezuela,c92d4d1f52fe6fcef2b6b519530cd4e1x7j68fio.html "Almost no one talks about Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela anymore People go about their lives amid high inflation and hopes for improvement Almost 20 days after Nicolás Maduro was captured by US special forces in Caracas, Venezuelans hardly talk about the deposed leader anymore. A partially contained economic crisis, which manifests itself in daily increases in food prices, coupled with expectations of improvement through oil exploration, are recurring themes in different social and family contexts. In various cafes and bakeries, conversations these days tend to revolve around promises of a revival in the oil sector. "Trump has announced the mass return of foreign companies to the sector," commented a group of office workers gathered around a shared table, referring to the US president, who maintains a kind of guardianship over the Venezuelan government following Maduro's arrest and his appearance before the courts in New York. Experts estimate that this return could involve giants such as Chevron, ExxonMobil, and other European multinationals, which would inject up to US$ 20 billion in the first two years, according to projections by the Venezuelan Chamber of Petroleum. The potential impact includes the creation of thousands of direct jobs in the Orinoco Belt fields, an increase in crude oil production from the current 1.2 million barrels per day to more than 2 million by 2027, and the stabilization of the national energy supply. In a country with a long history of oil-based economics, all of this is easily understood by Venezuelans. Even those who do not work directly in the hydrocarbon industry expect to benefit from crude oil production. Meanwhile, in homes, Maduro is rarely mentioned, as the high cost of living dominates family conversations. Prices for essential goods, from flour to medicine, are pegged to the dollar or the euro, meaning that daily fluctuations in the local currency market exacerbate inflation. "Buying a basic food basket for a family of four costs the equivalent of $600 a month, but our income is less than $150 when we add up what I earn and what my husband earns," explains María López (a fictitious name for fear of reprisals), a resident of Petare, one of the most populous neighborhoods in Caracas. This situation has forced many to reduce the number of meals they eat, take on multiple jobs, or accept temporary work, as informal jobs are known in Venezuela. In 20% of households, remittances sent by Venezuelans who have emigrated also help alleviate the crisis. Before his capture on January 3, Maduro had warned that his arrest would trigger a "major general strike" and national chaos. None of that happened. Ordinary people, exhausted by years of shortages and repression, seem to have moved on. "Maduro is history," said a taxi driver stuck in Caracas traffic. Memes and deepfakes are circulating on social media showing the former Venezuelan dictator wearing an orange jumpsuit in an American prison, but checks by specialized websites confirm that these are creations of artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, in the political sphere, the unicameral National Assembly, headed by Jorge Rodríguez, brother of interim president Delcy Rodríguez, has become the scene of disparate interventions. On the one hand, the capture of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, is denounced as a "kidnapping," but without direct attacks on Trump. On the other hand, the same Parliament is preparing to carry out a profound reform of the laws, including the strategic Hydrocarbons Law, following guidelines from Washington. Initially, starting on January 5, supporters of Chavismo held marches in Caracas, but with low turnout, according to observers, under the slogans "Maduro will return" or "We want them back." This week, however, none of these demonstrations took place. According to independent records, civil servants often participate in these marches under duress. There was one such demonstration in the capital on Wednesday, with few participants. In practice, life goes on in Venezuela without Maduro. Children and teenagers attend school, the oil industry is preparing for what could be a qualitative leap driven by Trump, and Chavismo has not boycotted cooperation with the United States, although analysts point to the existence of internal friction and disagreements, as demonstrated by the slow release of political prisoners, a central demand in the White House's messages. For now, the echoes of Maduro and Flores' arrest are fading, although state television insists on highlighting them. What Venezuelans are whispering and debating is uncertainty about the future, as it is not known how long Rodríguez will remain in power as interim president, but there is hope in the face of expectations for economic growth.

https://www.ohchr.org/en/media-advisories/2026/01/human-rights-council-adopts-resolution-extending-mandates-fact-finding As expected the UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution condemning Iran and the killing of thousands of protestors. The real consequence will be limited as usual but this resolution adds continued global attention and visibility to the oppressive nature of the Iranian state and a fact finding investigation will be initiated Only 7 countries voted against the resolution and they were China, Cuba, Indonesia , Iraq, India, Pakistan and Vietnam In summary the resolution states " In a resolution (A/HRC/S-39/L.1) on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially in the context of the repression of nationwide protests starting on 28 December 2025, as orally revised, adopted by a vote of 25 in favour, 7 against and 14 abstentions, the Council strongly deplores the violent crackdown of peaceful protests resulting in the deaths of thousands of persons, including children, and large numbers of injured individuals, as well as the arrest of thousands in connection with the nationwide protests that started on 28 December 2025; urges the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to respect, protect and fulfil its human rights obligations and to take all measures necessary to stop and prevent extrajudicial killing, other forms of arbitrary deprivation of life, enforced disappearance, sexual and gender-based violence, arbitrary arrest and detention, incommunicado detention and torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including against peaceful protesters; decides to extend the mandate of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran, for a further period of two years, and requests the Fact-Finding Mission to present a report to the Council at its sixty-fourth and sixty-seventh sessions during an interactive dialogue and to present an oral update, to be followed by an interactive dialogue, on the implementation of the mandate to the General Assembly at its eighty-first and eighty-second sessions; requests the Fact-Finding Mission to conduct an urgent investigation into allegations of recent and ongoing serious human rights violations and abuses and crimes perpetrated in relation to the protests that began on 28 December 2025, including for potential future legal proceedings in line with its mandate, and to present a report on its findings to the Council at its sixty-third session, during an interactive dialogue, and to provide an oral briefing update to the General Assembly, during a joint interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur at the eighty-first session of the Assembly; and decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, for a further period of one year, to order to continue to monitor the ongoing situation of human rights in the country, including civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, and to measure progress in the implementation of recommendations, and requests the Special Rapporteur to submit a report to the Council at its sixty-fourth session, during a joint interactive dialogue with the Fact-Finding Mission and to the General Assembly at its eighty-first session."

It looks like Antipathetic field ticks once when you cast it, and once your next turn comes it triggers multiple times (i had it tick 6 times on an enemy when reactivated). The combat log can look quite funny

This is a splendid idea. Maybe you lose the option to customize them as they are a "quick fix" and then if you want a more permanent one, you have to find the materials. Alternately, maybe you have the option when you plop it down for a small handful of choices. i.e. Insects, resources, danger, cave/tunnel

I'm a long time Seahawks fan, but I can't say I feel confident heading into tomorrow's game. The playoffs are all about matchups, and LA matches up particularly well against the Hawks. But I was sort of expecting it would come to this for the NFC championship game. I hope coach Macdonald has some sort of defensive masterclass up his sleeve.

An affidavit from a witness.

OK, so I have read through the thread where the Red Flag Flying self-proc was discovered and discussed, and it is my go-to monk loadout now. In that thread y'all pointed out that it is much less risky in the offhand, but will still crash the game if player accuracy exceeds enemy defense by over 100 points (every hit is a crit). After playing for over 100 hours with Mohora Tanga in my monk's offhand I think there may be more to it. Even with multiple stacks of +20 accuracy from Scordio's Edge + SoF (like 5+ when I've tested it), I never crash the game when it is in my offhand unless I do a regular auto-attack. If I use any other active ability that does a full attack (such as stunning blow) it has never crashed the game, even though I get massive Red Flag Flying chains. One thing I have noticed is that the animation from the standard auto-attack will often attack with the offhand weapon first (and these are the only times I crash my game), but a full attack ability will always attack with the primary weapon first, then the offhand. I have not tested this with Entropy or other 100% crit conversion methods yet, but my accuracy has been so high that it is in effect the same thing. @Boeroer did you ever crash the game with an active ability full attack, or was it always with auto attacks? I am curious if I am on to something here, or if it is just the luck of many, many draws. Also worth noting that I strictly play turn-based. Not sure if that matters. To the OP: my vote is 1) Magran's Favor (main) + Mohora Tanga (offhand) for single target annihilation or 2) one of the mortars (main) + Mohora Tanga (offhand) for widespread destruction. You can add bolt catchers, etc., but it is not needed if you have some way of boosting your accuracy. I see Mohora Tanga as a worker thread that proceeds in the background allowing you to attack over and over with the main hand weapon due to Swift Flurry/HBD procs, so there is much less need for a multi-hit weapon in the main hand. Then the question becomes: which one-handed weapon is best to hit with over and over? In my estimation, this seems to be something with Bleeding Cut for single targets and multi-hit mortar AOEs for groups. Seeker's Fang is, of course, also great if you want to MC with Cipher, particularly if you are willing to make a bunch of Soul Blade max focus stacks permanent with SoF/CG - then you are holding an absolute nuke that deals massive raw damage and basically has its own version of Bleeding Cut. Also has a cool multi-hit cone AOE once/encounter that won't proc Swift Flurry/HBD, but will proc the giant raw DOT once on each target and the smaller, but stackable raw DOT three times on each target. With the potentially sky-high intelligence of the monk, the cone is actually pretty good sized too.