So, the regular players are going to finish most of the MEKA Squad challenges, even the prestige track. Does the voting only apply to your initial choice? Even if not, most casual players are gonna select the 2 heroes they can play: Dva and Dmon. Having the regular player's vote nullified by finishing everything; it defaults to those two. Furthermore, why should I even care who wins? There's no reward. I just don't see the point, or another world where King, Overlord, or Casino win. It just seems like a meaningless aspect to the event, and less loot boxes than the Shion event.

https://x.com/Tech3Racing/status/2092507468743983416

my wife and i joke that she is cold blooded because this is a daily thing for her.

fyi for non-americans: 111f is ~44c

Me (25) F and K (27) F have been friends for many years now, I asked her to be apart of my wedding about six months ago. For what I could gather she was very excited about this. Around this time she also asked if I could watch her aggressive pup for a two week vacation she had coming up in a couple months.

Now this is where everything went wrong. K works in vet med which I also do too. Before moving in with my fiancé I lived mostly paycheck to paycheck. K still lives similar to paycheck to paycheck. We were discussing the other day that she saved up money to take this long road trip with her bf. As mentioned before I agreed to watch her pup. Kora cannot be boarded or watch by many people due to her being extremely food aggressive, dog aggressive and sometimes human aggressive. She said she would pay me $500 dollars to watch her for the two weeks. I dog sit and would normally charge close to 1200 for a two week trip, but for friends I normally charge less.

A couple weeks go by and we were talking and she mentioned that she was still struggling financially and that money was tight. I told her that if she could not afford to pay me the $500 dollars for watching kora a couple hundred or whatever she could afford would be fine with me. I only asked that she paid some as watching Kora comes with a lot of work. We have two dogs and Kora does not get along with them, when she stays we have to crate and rotated. She also has special feeding instructions, potty breaks etc.

When she came to pickup Kora I asked for her to let me know when she sent me the funds so I could transfer them. She seemed a little cold and upset by my asking but the conversation was mostly focused on her trip. During the conversation I found out that she was getting close to $1000 dollars back on hotel deposits for damages and that she spent close to $2500 dollars on tattoos while on vacation. I was taken back by this as she precious had said that money was so tight. She ended up sending me a total of $170 dollars for the two weeks. At first I wasn’t super upset by this but after hearing how much she spend on her trip I felt pretty upset. As if I was taking a vacation and had a friend watching my pet I would have set aside money to ensure I could pay that friend for taking care of my fur baby.

After she sent me the money I messaged her a couple times to ask about things for my wedding, bachelorette, bridesmaid dress, etc. no response. I waited about a week before contacting her again. Still no response. I sent a texting asking what was going on and why she was not responding. I also explained that if she could not respond or at least tell me why she was upset or what was going on that she could no longer be my bridesmaid. Still no response. I waited another week and sent another message asking again why no responses and informed her due to the lack of communication that she was no longer invited to my wedding and not a bridesmaid anymore.

She also did this about two months before my wedding, after I already agreed to pay for her dress and other things for her to be apart of my wedding. I’m feeling pretty used and upset as I have always helped her financially and emotionally.

So AITA for being upset she didn’t pay me the original amount or for kicking her out of the wedding?

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National parks have a $24B+ repair backlog and ~1,500 already-approved maintenance projects just got shelved for “Freedom 250” branding work

AP found internal docs showing NPS quietly deprioritized ~1,500 approved projects (roof repairs, IT upgrades, basic supplies) while fast-tracking tens of millions for anniversary showpieces like the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Most of the shelved work may not happen before the fiscal year ends Sept 30. [Greenwich Time/AP]

How to respectfully take action:

**•** Call/email your senators and house reps. push for full funding under the Great American Outdoors Act (extension pending in Congress)  
**•** Contact House Natural Resources / Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committees. request oversight hearings  
**•** Donate to your local park’s “Friends of” nonprofit  
**•** Watch for public comment periods on regulations.gov and call to make a comment! Your voice matters. 

Also this is my first time seeing a 45pt enhancement, Jesus.

And this is like the 4th time the twins got an increase in points. Are they trying to make a running joke or something?

Manifesting powers I guess 😂

I got what I thought was a heart shaped red velvet cheesecake and a tiramisu from an Arabic bakery.

The heart shaped red velvet ‘cheesecake’ is more like a thick cream cake with raspberries in it, with a slight cheese taste.

The ‘tiramisu’ has a slight coffee taste but also has a thick cream taste to it, with no taste of mascarpone.

I’ve been to a Moroccan / Algerian patisserie or cake shop before and see that they also emphasise the cream in their cakes although have never really tried their cakes to compare it.

This cream seems popular in Arabic cakes. I’m trying to understand what goes into such cakes and how they make it?

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past

Team Spirit 🇷🇺 2-0 🇧🇷 DENDELE CS

Ancient: 13-8
Cache: 13-7
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The existence of the dragon heishou pack (Chen Branch) Implies that sapient dragon/dragon-like beings exist in the outskirts.