Indifferentchildren

I have never seen this quote by HL Menken on r/atheism, or anywhere else before today.

Where is the graveyard of dead gods? What lingering mourner waters their mounds? There was a time when Jupiter was the king of the gods, and any man who doubted his puissance was ipso facto a barbarian and an ignoramus. But where in all the world is there a man who worships Jupiter today? And who of Huitzilopochtli? In one year - and it is no more than five hundred years ago - 50,000 youths and maidens were slain in sacrifice to him. Today, if he is remembered at all, it is only by some vagrant savage in the depths of the Mexican forest. Huitzilopochtli, like many other gods, had no human father;

I had an appointment 10 hours ago. I talked to a doctor in 17 minutes. She prescribed the time-sensitive medicine that I need. But the Rx never arrived at my pharmacy (10 hours later). I message Teladoc, and it might take up to 12 hours to get a response! What good is 24/7 access to doctors if the company isn't competent to get the Rx to the pharmacy, and won't hire customer support people to even respond. Never using Teladoc again.

I have seen this happen occasionally for a few months: the main feed on my reddit app switches to almost even post saying "Post hidden". Today I tried troubleshooting and found a video showing how to see the posts that you have hidden, by looking in your profile-> history. I see dozens of posts from 9h ago, more from 10h ago, etc.

I have never hidden a post, and haven't reported one in months. Is some bot or glitch making Reddit think that I am hiding a huge number of posts?

Since posting this in r/help and following suggestions there, I cleared cache (kept happening) and reinstalled the Reddit app (kept happening).

I have seen this happen occasionally for a few months: the main feed on my reddit app switches to almost even post saying "Post hidden". Today I tried troubleshooting and found a video showing how to see the posts that you have hidden, by looking in your profile-> history. I see dozens of posts from 9h ago, more from 10h ago, etc.

I have never hidden a post, and haven't reported one in months. Is some bot or glitch making Reddit think that I am hiding a huge number of posts?

Since 2016, CONUS installation commanders can grant open or concealed carry permission to individuals for their private firearms, not related to duties. Have any base commanders actually granted such permission widely, or even narrowly? You would expect at least some commanders to believe that it would make their bases and troops safer.

I haven't seen this comparison elsewhere, but it seems that the current low-wage, no benefits labor non-participation trend in America is similar to the "lying flat" movement in China. If hard work in a job won't provide a decent quality of life, that job is unattractive.

When I lived in Chicago, our local downscale "Greek" gyro restaurants served a kind of flatbread that was not really a pita. I saw them make it on a griddle by pouring batter from a pitcher, or ladling it out. In any case, it was a batter, not a dough. Does anyone know the name for this bread? Is it an authentic Greek bread, or an American expedient?

I think I will be okay, but just asking. I have a successfully adjudicated Top Secret that has not yet been activated. The company that sponsored my clearance is waiting on contract funding, so I am looking at short-term contracts (like 3 months) until my main company can hire me. The question is this: if I take a job that only requires a Secret clearance, could there be a problem later upgrading to a Top Secret? I think the completed T5 investigation means that there should be no problem, if I upgrade within 2 years? Is there anything else that I need to do or think about?

I was recently notified by my FSO that my TS has been fully adjudicated (favorably). However, the contract that I am being hired for has not yet released its funds. So I will not be hired by the contracting company for several more weeks (investigation was based on a conditional offer letter). My question is: if something goes unexpectedly wrong with the company (goes out of business, decides to hire someone else instead, etc.) and I have to start my job search all over again, do I "have" the TS clearance? Would I be safer if I sign the SF-312 right away? Is it signing the SF-312 that makes the clearance "active"?

My TS is in the works, and I recently got an interim Secret clearance. The COL specifies TS, and my new company has no work at the Secret level, so I will not be hired until I get at least an interim TS. This also means that I am not getting any training yet about living with a clearance.

So are there any obligations that I need to look out for? For example, if I book an international vacation or take international business travel with my current private sector company, I have to tell my FSO, right? Or is there a government site that I need to register the travel with? Are there countries that are off-limits for travel, even though I have never been exposed to any classified informat