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Looks like the perpetrators of Bucha atrocities have found their judgment…

AI did their typical way half asset job with their reporting (ignored calls from multiple international journalists that tried to give them their input for the article, they don't give any details how international humanitarian laws were broken and so on, which is typical for them in all of their reporting, which is why they usually fail to get any done to correct the breaches they report) and in case of original version of report of Ukraine's breaches they didn't contextualized their findings and their last report of the war was over month ago, making it look that it was just Ukraine that had recently broken international laws (fact that Russia used immediately in their messaging). Amnesty usually gets away with their poorly written reports because they report wars and issues that don't have much interest, but in case of Ukraine, Ukraine has vested interest and they currently have lot of sympathy. Also current global political climate is unstable and people have much stronger reactions towards certain issues (Ukraine conflict being one of them). Amnesty has used to criticism towards their work, but they have relied on supporters to be disinterested of details which has given them ability to do their job poorly in past, but now they found out that when they report about issue that their typical supporters are actually interested in they typical shoddy reports will not be received favorably. Shoddy reports work only when their reader is already agreeing with issue in first place and report just strengthens their biases. In my opinion people should not support organisations like Amnesty International and Greenpeace (and many others, but I have personal issues with those two, so they get to be my examples), who do shoddy pseudo political work in name of better world but at end just cause harm because they don't have any actual interest to do work that actually would solve the issues they claim to try to solve.

Prey was fantastic. Last week we watched the original Predator as a family. My kids were excited to see where all the great memes came from, and it still held up pretty well as an action flick. The original does a good job of keeping the Predator a bit mysterious. You don't really get to see him that much until the very end. It was probably more because of special effects limitations at the time, but it set up Prey as a sequel really well. Where Prey really shined was in the character development. Even the animals were dripping in personality. Next movie night we will probably watch Predator 2. It's not going to compete with Prey, but it does fill in some lore gaps, and Danny Glover is just fun to watch.

It's also supported by the scenes that show the predator hunting himself "up the food chain" starting with a snake, to a wolf, etc. He is pretty much doing the same as the girl.

This is a build around the interaction between Shared Nighmare, Time parasite, Current's Rush (high tide) and Frostfall (Dispersed Suffering and Shattering Head). Against groups of enemies, this character can clean the map, leaving survivors like the shadow of themself. Classe : Ascendant (higher max focus) Race : Elve Stats : Might : average Con : low Dex : average Per : high Int : high Res : low Principales passives and abilities : Borrowed Instinct (+20acc (and def) to scoring crits) Time Parasite ( to speedly try to crit) Shared Nighmare (Biggest AoE to spells and High Tide and Shattering Head and Dispersed Suffering) Greater Focus (to enhance the Nighmare AoE) Hammering Thoughts (damages are dealed by weapon) Two Weapon Style (to reduce the recovery for Current's Rush) Lingering echoes and usual CC spells Equipement : Thaos' Headdress (Heaven's Cacophony is great too) (+1 int +5acc vs flanked, or +2int and avenging storm for High Tide, Dispersed Suffering and Shattered Head) Mirrorback (safer at distance) Charm of Bones (+2int, very resistant minions) Gloves of the Dungeon Warden (the build is around crit) Ring of the Marksman (ranged) and Ring of Overseeing (AoE) Later, the Whispers from the Depths Boots of the Stone (later, the Vithrack Silk Slippers can greatly make the difference for survivor enemies) Girdle of Mortal Protection (good and cheap) Gipon Prudensco (free move, buff to reflex and deflection) Current's Rush (Main Hand) with upgrades and legendary, better with Mythic Frostfall (offhand) with Dispersed Suffering and Shattering Head In combat, the principe is to casting Borrowed Instinct and other CC spells on the most resistant enemy ; during this time, attacking at ranged distance (so only with Current's Rush) other enemies to trigger the Ascension in the first time, and High Tide with relative AoE. High tide can proc itself High Tide on crit, and when do a kill, proc Dispersed Suffering that can proc on crit Shattering Head, that can also proc Dispersed Suffering on kill. Because of the high AoE size (Shared Nighmare, int and ring) the 4 or 5m radius of these abilities are really big and concern a lot of enemies. This is because Dispersed Suffering proc on any weapon kill, and Shattering Head on Frostfall crit (Dispersed Suffering is a Frostfall attack). Each kill mean +20% hostile effects duration (Dispersed Suffering), and an unique first crit can do many kill with this setup. If staying enemies are under the effect of Borrowed Instinct or Time Parasite, their durations can "explode" and by the way make growing the correspondant beneficail effect on the cipher. The Vithrack Silk Slippers, when reapplying a CC spell on enemies, do an adjustement of the duration of the affliction, but in reality when dispersed suffering proc nearby, the 20% is applied to the total duration (not current duration) so not only the duration of the spell itself but the totality of the casted spell (It is hard to be evident in english). To illustrate this point, I made a screenshot at the tavern I try the build : I cast only one time Secret Horror and Mental Binding before High Tide proc. As you can see, there is many proc in the combat log, and the blood on the floor show the after-high-tide effect. Of course, there is many way to exploit Dispersed Suffering (Berserker on skellies with Grave Calling in main hand, Ranger with mortar or the Weyc's Wand in main hand, etc) but SC Cipher seem to me the most suitable classe to make a Current's Rush/Frostfall build, combining high speed, high accuracy, high AoE size for the high tide effect.

you summon a Flame Blight "by accident" a lot when using Frostseeker's multiprojectile attacks + AoE proc in combo with Driving Flight. when you carry an injury with Rekvu's Scorched Cloak you will be immune to fire damage but instead heal from it (20% iirc) Flame Blights hit you but will heal you still, every hit will unlock the 10% freezing lash from Horns of the Aurochs So basically you get some healing and a practically permanent freezing lash on your attacks - and of course the buring lash from the belt without any drawback (other than the minor injury that makes the Scorched Cloak work).

That interaction is cool. I tried several combos with Current's Rush, but not with Frostfall. A SC Ranger with Twinned Shot + Driving Flight can also proc a High Tide chain on a group of enemies pretty reliably. Also works with Whirling Strikes. Of course: smaller AoE A Monk with Enduring Dance and Razor's Edge + Duality:INT should also be a good candidate. Shooting with the scepter's modal even gives wounds. A Wizard can use both weapons' effect with their Phantom, too. So any combination of Ranger, Monk or Wizard could also be nice. Aloth's Armor provides more AoE size (+15%) and stacks with Ring of Overseeing (+10%) by the way. Also a pet like Loki (+15%) will help. There are even pets who have the party effect of embiggen AoEs a bit - something for Edér then?

Herbert Jenkins "The Strange Case of Mr Challoner" from 1921's Malcolm Sage, Detective predated S.S. Van Dine's 20 Rules for Writing Detective Stories essay by 7 years and had the butler as the killer. It is the earliest still known use of the idea; the 1930 book (Mary Roberts Rinehart's The Door) is much better known, so gets erroneously mentioned as this first. The continuing fame of Rinehart, possibly because she was a major seller and continued writing detective fiction into the 1950s is comparatively different from Jenkins, who is probably better known as the guy whose company published the original P. G. Wodehouse books than by his fiction stories (even if three of the Malcolm Sage stories were collected in a 1929 collection of best of detective fiction and Sage was favorably compared at the time to Messrs Holmes and Poirot). EDIT: To be clear, Van Dine's essay basically says using a servant (butler, maid, footman, valet, chauffer) isn't in the spirit of detective fiction (as disgruntled employees killing the person or whatever being too obvious), so doesn't call out Butler's, specifically, either.

No, but they are people that were in the front lines seeing where how Ukraine used those schools and hospitals that Amnesty's report was about. Also there was no impartial people as they interviewed civilians (which reporters are) in front line towns EDIT: As report was about putting lives of civilians in risk. So not taking account of view of certain segment of civilians in area is just shoddy work and I can't see anyway how it could be seen as good. That is not detail, that is accusation without detail. Where they did such, when they did, how often they did. How much risk increased for civilians, did Ukraine forces do anything to mitigate risks, etc.. Details. I am sure if article was about Russian actions you would also praise it for it supreme accuracy and excellence EDIT2: This is one example of Amnesty's shoddy work, as this was not in original release, they added that paragraph after getting critic about their report being Russian propaganda piece. And they show they good practices by not mentioning that they edited their report after its release

The director of the Ukrainian Amnesty resigned in protest against this report. At the same time, she accuses the management of publishing incomplete evidence, and that they excluded her colleagues from the investigation.

(yes, it's fake, but still amusing)

They flunked out of Predator Hunting Academy but they had rich patents so the Predator Hunting Commission sent them to Earth to get them as far away from the important hunting grounds as possible and get the rich folks off their case.

I think the Predators in most of the movies are the dumb 18 year olds of the species going on their first hunt.

I’m a NECROMANCER! Every class build I have presented so far was a melee type so I wanted to do the opposite this time. This is a one man army of the dead and rotting, poison, corrosive, and death magic. Enjoy either sitting back and letting your army deal with the soon to be also undead, or fling about your UNLIMITED POWAH, laying waste to all those around you. Lots of grimoires cover almost every spell you need, with only a couple picks needed. How’s it play? Send in your army of skeletons, maybe summon up some more and/or send in your ghostly ancient weapons to hold back a big monster long enough to drop the appropriate damage type on it. Charm of bones is a great summon tool (if you don’t mind some cheese import a character with one so you can have a second for recharging). Game Version: 5.0 Difficulty: PotD (+all Upscale, no mods & CP) Solo: Not tested Race: Pale Elf Class: Loremaster (Troubadour/Blood Mage) Home: White that wends Background: pick one Starting Stats (includes BB): Mig: 8 (10) Con: 8 (10) Dex: 19 (Elf) (21) Per: 20 (Elf+home) (22) Int: 18 (20) Res: 5 (7) Skills: Arcana / Metaphysics Abilities: 1. Spirit Shield/If their bones/Soft winds 2. Missiles 3. And Hel-Hyraf 4. At the sound/Infuse vital essence 5. White worms 6. Necrotic Lance 7. Ancient Brittle/Combat focus 8. Shield that Cracks 9. Ancient memory 10. And their fear/spell shaping 11. Spirit of decay 12. Their putrid Stench 13. Rapid casting/Far casting 14. Reny Deret’s 15. Ben fidal’s 16. Quick summoning/secrets of the rime 17. Pull of eora 18. Tough 19. Many Lives/Wall of draining 20. Ancient instruments Weapon slots: Main weapon: Effort Back up weapons: Blightheart (bound to chanter), Chroma staff Gear: Mask of grotto Deep Shroud of the phantasm Charm of Bones Effigy’s husk Fire thrower’s gloves Ring of overseer Kuaru’s prize Vithral Slippers Trollhide belt Animancy cat Grimoires: Ninaguath’s teachings Iron clasped Lich’s Brawler’s Snakeskin

It raises money for conservative candidates.

Those are absolutely timeless though. My 15-year old daughter knew both of them.

i think you have this reversed - soul blades are penalized on their max focus, and ascendants are boosted. i assumed that's why constantin picked ascendant, and not necessarily for the ascension effect.

I only remember two songs... both from a very long time ago

Speaking little bit about humanitarian laws, here is an example of Russian take on it, By General Major Vasilyev from their Outpost in Zaporozhia Nuclear Power Plant.: "This will either be Russian land, or scorched earth," he said. He also told his soldiers that no matter how difficult orders they could receive, they had to execute them "with honour," calling them "liberators." And another report about how the AI was doing it research in Ukraine's occupied territories and filtration camps:

Past? Mineral oil cooling ist still alive and kicking. Relatively speaking, that is...

wow that's quite a build! i didn't know that dispersed suffering could interact with those cipher abilities. does enfeebled work the same way? e.g. you extend the enemy debuff and your own buff gets longer? i'm also guessing that the math is busted - if dispersed suffering extends the duration of several effects, each extension extends your own buff individually instead of doing it once in total.

Well, playing more Andromeda feels like I am playing The Division or something. The bug where loading a save where you're in the Nomad was fun to experience - waited 3-4 mins, could have sworn the game was hardlocked until I accidentally hit ` and opened the console. Got all the party members I could, so far they seem ok in terms of what I'd expect from ME. Guess it was worth $10 off of this so far.

Now I actually had the chance to try this build against Nemnok & Guardian of Ukaizo. Seems changing a few thing is a must for a better boss fight performance. I used to play not relying on consumables, but god, PoTD bosses isn't doable missing them. And meeting the "Potion of Miraculous Healing" made me understand how little i gain with investing Second Winds&Unbreakable. -Eventually,I give up "Unbreakable" passive form fighter and instead choose "Dichotomous Soul" form Monk class. This is the way to distract enemies overpowering you. Wounds power pool replenishes and you nearly have endless summons until the fight ends. -Change "Cape of the Falling Star" to "Giftbearer's Cloth" (Since unconscious AOE is already lost with Unbreakable, you'll only lose some deflection instead you'll gain an extra consumable slot and more of other defences scaling with History skill) -Try to reach, 15 Arcana (to use Scroll of Great Maelstrom when it helps) -If you're not in a boss fight, try Champions Cape for extra speed &riposte whilst you keep using Helm of the Falcon (i assume same effects with Champions Helm helm doesn't stack) -Make sure you check the damage type of the boss you'll face. If its elemental use "Nature's Embrace" belt, if its Crush use "The Makers Own Power" belt. Undying burden is ok on other occasions. -You can replace Solitary Wanderer Ring with Chameleons Touch, if you give up soloing. If not they can still make a good pair. -Devil of Caroc Breastplate is also cool potion to use as armor time to time. And that's it you're good to go Deepnote: mega bosses like Dorudugan isn't doable with this guy. Unless you're willing to give up melee & spend 100 hours with overshooting Essence Interrupter

Making my own beer. This time I went for draught. I buy no-alcoholic beer, add sugar and yeast, wait for 3 weeks and Voilà! Beer! It does taste like yeast a bit but aside from that, it's a-ok.

It's all set up for the end user to tie some rope to the top bars and suspend the whole assembly in a vat of oil.

The report was so neutral it's being used as a card blanche to justifying hitting hospitals. Between this and the '30% of aid makes it to front' quote it's clearly a serious attempt to reverse narrative around Ukraine. Most likely too early for that just yet, but 'had it coming' is only a matter of time.

The sexual tyrannosaurus has given his seal of approval.

It's a very niche product. My preferred aesthetic for a PC is usually a small black box with no lights or decoration. The most "flashy" I've ever done is my current case, the Fractal Design Blackout Meshify C...and that's still relatively modest, especially given that I have no LEDs on the inside. So "spaceship" cases always get a laugh out of me, but I'm not really sure what to make of this one...but as I have no application for such an extremely light case, well, it's obviously not for me in the first place. At $1600 for just the case, that'd be a pretty tough sell without actually needing it, .

Awesome thanks for this, I dont play with community patch so not sure how crucial that is but I'll try incorporate as much of this as I can

EVGA released a new bare bone, the E1 https://www.evga.com/products/E1-bare-bones/ 5k USD for the case, a water cooled RXT 3090, a 1200W PSU and a mainboard.

Prey is extremely good, yeah. Probs my second fave movie of the year, after Everything Everywhere.

Prey (2022). Watched both English and Comanche versions. Preferred the Comanche version with subtitles.

But why?

MS clearly pushed for the announcement of Avowed I think, the entire conference of 2020 is just full of CGIs and promises.

Video spam... because I listen to too much Youtube while working

Things that played on the radio all day long when Gorth was a teenager. Yes, the synth was strong with that decade (early 80's)...

I really don't understand Youtubes algorithms... but this one was recommended to me. Not something I would consciously have looked up, but not bad I guess (which worries me)

I love Dimash' take on that song Also, Space Truckers is without doubt the best space comedy

These are good ideas, it sounds perfect for a Weather: Phase 2. I think that is a good way to explain the Sandbox, as the first phase of adding weather, since it is a hot biome (like a heatwave) making you hot and drain your water faster. If I am right in the cold biome being Phase 2, maybe it can add some dangers like ice spikes falling or a burst of cold wind along with the freezing effect, which @Game Matrix suggested as slowing you down; but instead of draining your stamina, maybe making campfires needed to keep you warm before you freeze into a Ice Cube. It be cool if this is in the next update, it would add to the difficulty of the Upper Yard as well as spice up the gameplay. Hopefully that all made sense.

Stahlrim I would love to see that make an appearance in grounded. As far as the cooler I say do a mini fridge. Could have more variety for things to find inside. Maybe have it half functioning where the fridge portion is busted and just keeps it cool and dark perfect for slugs and other creepers and if you make it to the top you can enter the freezer portion that triggers chiller(opposite of sizzle) and maybe encounter fungus enhanced varient as fungus prefers cold weather. You think the infected spider is bad encounter a frigid pillbug with blue ice spikes(blue splinters) that breaks out of the ice and charges you in the same manner a ox beetle does As far as ice based weapons I would suggest ice gear/mining gear combo. Like Pickaxe: a weapon that has burst but is triggering piercing damage Ice axe:a knife based cutting item Winter coat:made from lint as an insulator Ice boots: skid resistant boots. Insulated for the cold. Sun blockers and hood: based on Inuit design Lantern: a combo of fungus and bioluminescent fluid.

I absolutely agree, a winter biome is necessary. Warm armor can be crafted from several types of fluff and skin. Pieces of ice are needed for the refrigerator, like an unquenchable coal for the oven. Portable refrigerators usually have cold storage batteries, this substance can be used for crafting (for example, freezing arrows and bombs). Ice arrows, swords and armor would be cool, but it would melt quickly. It is better to use parts of the products that were stored in the refrigerator. And here is a list of insects that are not afraid of frost: Boreus westwoodi, Chioneinae, Staphylinidae (predators up to 50 mm). It would be a great biome, I'm already mentally traveling in it.