Neosovereign

I keep seeing construction there, but no idea what is going on. Does anyone know?

So I was hooked and binged the entire series over the last few weeks and it was great, but I have a few questions that I'm curious if we have answers or good theories for:

How was Gemma captured? She was in a car wreck, but the whole thing was just fake?

Who the fuck is Irving and why was he going after Lumon in the first place? why did he see the black hallway in the first place? Do we get any hints? Did Innie Irving even SEE the black hallway? He certainly seemed confused.

Cobel. I didn't particularly like the reveal and it was a bit unbelievable that a child prodigy could come up with anything useful as far as brain surgery goes. To be fair we don't know how ANY of it works, and magic

So I recently purchased a home with a Lutron system. I got it up and running and it all works smoothly, but weirdly there were a few lights and fans left out. Mainly the master bedroom light (the fan is on the system) and a fan in the office.

The first time I called lutron support they were unhelpful. Is there anything I can do to add the lights and the fan?

Mexico recently took out one of the main cartel leaders, el Mencho. Cartel violence erupted in the wake of the killing. Political leaders are routinely killed there as well.

Obviously the US has joint operations already with Mexico to keep the cartels from doing too much, but we don't control them. This last operation didn't go as planned apparently since el Mencho was supposed to be taken into custody. I don't want to invade a foreign country, but I also see what (smaller) countries like Ecuador or El Salvador look like when cartel violence is so high it breaks down government control.

If Mexico totally broke down, how far should the US go with that on their border?

In light of what happ

I'm moving away soon and need a good amount of moving boxes. I know you can find places that will give them away, but where?

1% Lifesteal book 4 just came out, and I loved it for the most part. It seems this is a divisive book series, which is something that prompted me to read it in the first place.

I could not put this one down, though I had a few parts I disliked.

I wish there was a little more progress on Freddy's powers, and what we did get was not explained very well. What is up with his new power?

I so want Freddy to get some kind of love interest (and taking any chance of that away this book was more suffereing than I wanted in this book). I also didn't particularly like the way Freddy confronted losing his virginity in this book. It felt too hamfisted honestly.

Maybe he will get with Emily!

I don't

So I just finished Waybound, and I'm glad I finally got to read a completed series. It feels like I haven't actually FINISHED anything in a long time.

If I'm being honest, although I did enjoy the series on the whole, I would not rate it that highly compared to other series I'm reading/read. First I have a few thoughts, then a few questions.

My main points:

The series was really fast paced and there are sections that really zoom by, especially at the end which felt rushed.

I hated the first two books, and almost didn't finish the series, but they were short enough that I barely noticed when I got to book 3 and it picked up. https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgressionFantasy/comments/1q4q0e9/tho

Spoilers ONLY through Book 3 please, no hints to any future developments.

So I just started reading Cradle due to the many recommendations on here and I have to say... I'm FINALLY enjoying the series in book 3. The first two were quite a slog (though really short).

Pros:

The slow burn (possible) romance between Yerin and Lindon is cute, but who knows if it will pan out or some love triangle. I would love for them to be a power couple though, it is rare.

The power system is interesting enough, though not explored that well yet. Lindon's particular case is believable enough without him being some special boy or being too obvious that you wonder why everyone else didn't do it. He is a bit t

So I just picked up and finished book 14 over the last few days and figured it is the perfect time for a discussion. Spoilers through book 14, but nothing from beyond!

In this book we get some huge plot developments. Jake finishes healing up off screen without much fanfare.

Jake and the Viper get on the same page on the plan and of course we find out the Viper is actually really strong and Yip of Yore overestimated his power by a ton, no surprise given how happy he was to "injure" the titan last book.

After that Elle'Hakan is set up, Jake having tricked all his enemies into thinking he really had a falling out with the Viper, instead he goes to Elle'Hakan's planet to fuck him up. And tha

So I'm currently reading book 13 and they just started the Exalted Prima fight. The strongest people of earth join and... It is just a few people who were relatively in close proximity to Jake.

Now don't get me wrong, of course people who directly interact with Jake get improved records. That is obvious, but otherwise apparently nobody from China or India are even worth mentioning?

The second strongest person in the world wasn't related to Jake until after the Yaltsen event, and he is presumably from Japan, Carmen is from? Europe maybe?

Arnold just happened to be near Haven? Jacob's dad just happened to be important enough to become a world leader?

What do you guys think? It makes th

I'm looking for an artist to do something I can blow up for a wall print and put on my wall of my wife in various hair styles. It would look something like an album cover with her side and forward profile with different hair and expressions (laughing, serious, angry, etc)

I love my wife's hair and different style and I wanted to make something cool. If I like it enough I might want a different one of us together.

The style could vary somewhat, but you definitely need experience drawing black women and black hair texture.

I have a player who is a fairy monk/rogue multiclass. He doesn't make much of a backstory and is the only person who uses pen and paper. Because he also changes characters more frequently, I haven't given his current level 12 character virtually any gear. So I decided to make him something custom, but that is problematic by itself. The item needs to be simple so he doens't forget what it does. My current idea is this:

I'm trying to make a monk weapon, around rare rarity.

The monk weapon would let you use ki points to guarantee a critical hit, but I'm not sure how to balance it.

One ki point to guarantee a critical hit seems too strong, but two seems weak. I could do 1 ki point, but limit

So I recently came across this story again, but it started cropping up a few years ago. Mississippi's reading scores have improved from 49th to top 5 in the country. This is despite them still being one of the poorest states, and although they did increase funding in their 2013 law, they still spend less than most states.

The biggest difference I can see in their approach is the increased threat and action of grade retention, I.E. holding kids back. Their actual rates of grade retention didn't increase much, but having that stick seems to have improved kids motivation to learn to read.

It is quite interesting, as I've seen the inability to punish students become an issue in multiple ways,

So it is hard to assign true blame for the shut down, as it is a team effort. Generally the left is hesitant to allow a shut down, because we are more invested in the work of the government whether we are in power or not, but so far the dems have not budged. Generally the republicans don't care quite as much if the government is shut down, so they don't scramble as hard as we do when faced with it.

Obviously the dems want to keep the ACA subsidies and continue the status quo budget-wise as actually working together is a non-starter. People will lose insurance or have to pay a ton more.

The republicans argue that the subsidies were meant to expire and they don't care. Either of these arg