Who is your favorite Beyblade X youtuber?
2025.01.24 05:44 Kalem56 Who is your favorite Beyblade X youtuber?
I've seen some but what is your favorite beyblade x youtube channel? any recommendations? TIA
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2025.01.24 05:44 JUSTGETAREDDIT4HEAD Abandon all hope. tl;dr - master/grandmaster/challenger in 5-10+ years.
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2025.01.24 05:44 SeekPositiveEnergy stoOpsolo - "She drop it on me like she a dancer" [R&B]
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2025.01.24 05:44 Vaporysun76 Pickled Men Plot: Day 535 what happens next? {u/feeling-ad-3104 won last round}
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2025.01.24 05:44 manwhowasnthere when you explore a little too much
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2025.01.24 05:44 Drrhizome First Omega!
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2025.01.24 05:44 ikrwdyt I'm in a bit of a pickle
I'm (40m) a CIS man from the South East. This is a burner but I will keep it up as long as I'm getting solid advice.
Around 12 years ago I was in a relationship with a passing trans woman. We'll call her Stacy. When we first started dating I had no idea she was trans but after we'd gone on a few dates she told me. I was kind of shell shocked at first to find that out because it made me confront a lot of my discriminations that I'd been raised with but I ultimately decided to continue dating her.
We were together for around 6 months and we had sex multiple times during time as any new couple would. Before we ever got around to any real discussions about meeting each other's families or whatever, she got a job opportunity across the globe that she couldn't turn down. I was really sad to see her go as we had a LOT in common and she'd become a big part of my life but I ultimately was happy for her and unwilling to move due to aging family members that I didn't want to leave.
A couple years after she left, I met a CIS woman that I really hit it off with. We'll call her Amy. A few years after that we were married and now we have two children whom I love to death. I also really love my wife and our sex life is great and I only mention that because I'm heading into my pickle.
When me and Stacy were together we would frequently have oral sex. I enjoyed giving it as much as I did receiving it. We tried me receiving penetration but I really didn't like that. The problem is, I enjoyed giving her blow jobs. To me it was more gratifying than giving oral to women because I was able to tell much more easily when I was doing something right.
The problem is that I miss doing it and I've told my wife about it. She's not like freaked out about it or anything but she initially thought that I see dudes and want to sometimes blow them, which is not the case at all. The idea of some hairy gross guy having his junk in my mouth does not turn me on at all. I think I was able to enjoy it because she was a woman.
I know that this brings me firmly into the fetishizing category of dudes that have hooked up with trans women which is why I'm here. Am I fetishing?
Again, I'm not into men at all. Sexually, masculinity does not turn me on. Neither do effeminate male-facing men. But I would like to have oral sex with a trans woman again and I just feel like shit about it because I don't know if me wanting to do that is bad or not. Or is it just because her and I were so comfortable and maybe it doesn't have anything to do with what was between her legs?
Any thoughts? Any help? Literally anything would help.
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2025.01.24 05:44 VeterinarianRude8576 USPTO (under Department of Commerce) for example, I hope this news article gives people some indication on the wind.
https://www.mlex.com/mlex/articles/2287073/trump-executive-orders-could-imperil-us-progress-in-patent-pendency
By Nick Robertson and Melissa Ritti
(January 22, 2025, 23:06 GMT | Comment) -- The US Patent and Trademark Office on Friday touted a reduction in patent pendency — the amount of time it takes to gain an approval or an initial rejection of a patent application — from 20.5 months in 2023 to 19.9 months in 2024.
In a blog post, then-acting USPTO Director Derrick Brent partly attributed the small but steady improvement to the office’s successful push to hire more examiners.
In FY 2024, Brent revealed that the USPTO added 969 new examiners, surpassing its stated goal of 800. In FY 2025, Brent said a total of 500 new examiners have already been onboarded.
— Job perk —
Those examiners come from diverse backgrounds, mostly in STEM, and are required to have technical expertise in areas like mechanical engineering and biochemistry.
But specialization and experience come at a price, and it’s one that doesn’t always align with a public sector salary. That, in turn, has hampered efforts by the USPTO to maintain a highly skilled examiner corps capable of keeping up with the ever-increasing demand for examination.
To soften the blow, and in recognition of the reality that most workers won’t relocate for a job that pays less, the USPTO has consistently dangled remote work as a perk — and not just recently. Long before the Covid-19 pandemic, the USPTO has been allowing its examiners to do their jobs from wherever they’d like.
Commissioner for Patents Vaishali Udupa last summer openly courted potential new hires with the promise of telework in a Q&A, which hiring director Kiesha Bryant posted to the USPTO website. “Whether you want to come into the office or you want to work remotely from home — whether that’s in Alexandria, Virginia, or some rural area, by the beach, or up in the mountains — you can do that,” Udupa said.
Examiners have taken her up on that offer in overwhelming numbers.
A whopping 96-percent of eligible USPTO employees avail themselves of the telework option, according to a December 2024 US Office of Personnel Management report.
Former USPTO Director Kathi Vidal, who stepped down from her post in December and returned to private practice as a managing partner at Winston & Strawn, told MLex that that flexibility plays a pivotal role in the office’s ability to attract “the best talent across the country.”
The USPTO, in turn, has been recognized for its forward-thinking approach.
The office’s telework program has picked up awards from organizations like the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, the Telework Exchange, the Alliance for Work-Life Progress, the Mid-Atlantic Telework Advisory Council, the Telework Coalition and the Potomac Forum.
— CNIPA hiring blitz —
But an executive order signed Monday by President Donald Trump threatens to upend that bargain, by requiring federal employees to return to their offices five days per week.
While the EO gives agency heads the ability to grant exceptions “they deem necessary,” it introduces an element of uncertainty that could derail the USPTO’s hiring momentum.
Should that happen, it will almost certainly impact the office’s efforts to rein in patent pendency — a metric considered crucial to the health of any patent system.
When fewer patents are issued, portfolios are less robust; when portfolios are less robust, funding for startups is harder to secure. Eventually, venture capitalists will park their investments elsewhere.
Doubters of the significance of what a reversal of the USPTO's gains in patent pendency might look like need look no farther than China, which is meeting an increased demand by patentees by engaging in a hiring blitz of its own.
The China National Intellectual Property Administration now boasts an examiner corps 16,000 strong and claims to have processed just over 1 million patents in 2024. According to the National Science Board, the US in 2023 issued 346,152 utility patents with just over 9,000 examiners.
The departure of “senior, seasoned” examiners was singled out as a particular concern for former USPTO Director David Kappos, now a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, who told MLex he has little doubt that those losses “will manifest in increases in patent pendency.”
— Collective bargaining —
The EO is likely to face legal challenges.
The telework championed by Udupa, Vidal and others is presumably reinforced in some capacity in the collective bargaining agreements recently reached between the office and federal employee unions.
All three unions which represent USPTO workers — two National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) chapters (see here and here) and the Patent Office Professional Association, or POPA (see here) — inked new deals with the office in late 2024 and early 2025, following “decades of stagnation,” Vidal notes.
While it is unknown whether the telework arrangement is memorialized in those contracts, POPA President Kathy Duda, in a statement issued at the time the CBAs were finalized, lauded the USPTO’s commitment to “providing flexibilities that the 21st century workforce is demanding.”
— Golden age —
The return-to-work EO isn’t the only barrier to the USPTO’s quest to attract top talent.
Trump also issued an EO this week barring executive agencies from hiring new employees. The hiring freeze mimics one he implemented at the start of his first presidential term in 2017, which lasted four months and was widely panned by federal employees.
A survey by the NTEU of its members at the time found that nearly 60 percent said their workloads increased and nearly 90 percent said morale was down in their office. NTEU represents employees across the federal government in addition to the USPTO.
While details are still unclear, it appears that the freeze would apply to the USPTO unless the agency is granted an exemption by the director of the Office of Personnel Management.
The Trump administration held up the freeze as a way to cut government waste.
“The President will usher a golden age for America by reforming and improving the government bureaucracy to work for the American people,” the White House wrote in a summary of presidential actions yesterday. “He will freeze bureaucrat hiring except in essential areas to end the onslaught of useless and overpaid [diversity, equity and inclusion] activists buried into the federal workforce.”
— ‘Done with intent’ —
One former patent examiner told MLex that the combined effect of the EOs, should they come to pass, could devastate the office in more ways than one.
The USPTO headquarters in Alexandria and six regional offices are simply not large enough to accommodate examiners and other USPTO employees who have been working remotely, even if they wanted to return to the office. Additionally, he worried that the removal of a telework option comes at a delicate time, with examiners facing heightened scrutiny over high invalidation rates by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and other factors.
Providing examiners with the ability to do their jobs remotely “is a longstanding policy that was done with intent,” generating cost-savings for the office while increasing their access to top-tier talent, he said.
Forcing those same examiners, not easily replaced, to choose between their jobs and the lives they have created for themselves hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away would be “a huge mistake,” he added.
As for whether an exception to the EO is on the horizon, it remains unclear whether that decision would fall to newly-appointed Deputy Director Coke Morgan Stewart (see here), who takes over for Brent until a new director is confirmed, or the Secretary of Commerce, where Howard Lutnick has been tapped by Trump but is yet to be confirmed.
For now, the examiner corps of the USPTO must watch and wait.
“I am grateful that President Trump’s In-Person Work Action recognized that the Action would be implemented consistent with applicable law and afforded USPTO leadership the ability to make exceptions they deem necessary,” Vidal said.
The USPTO declined comment for this story.
My take on this is, steady, steady. We are purely engineers, technical staff, and we don't have choices but to stick with what we have. And we don't want troubles, we want to just work well, smoothly too. Let's figure something out. Given the rescinded offer, I think I am that 501th along with all of those with EOD on March 24 2025 originally. (USPTO plans EOD batch by batch, not individually)
Myself is a refugee from the burnt down auto industry (US automakers are toasted due to their own mismanagement and foreign adversary: Red China. Nissan is burnt down in a way I don't understand, and German OEMs are suffering from arrogance. All those French don't help, Koreans are squeezed like a cat, and Australian automakers are underground already. Italians are beyond furious, the British automakers are already in ruins after nationalization... truly out of places to go by this point. And no, it is almost illegal to work for UAZ and AvtoVAZ in Russia)
I have decided to quit auto industry but I might need to get back there for just another few months. But realistically, certain agencies aren't in a position for RTO, as there were barely any offices to start with. Despite myself living somewhere deep in the countryside, at least there is a Toyota dealership 40 miles away, my second home 150 miles away with a federal building nearby (a historical one too and USPTO field office 200 miles away. Many other USPTO employees purposely choose this employer and move somewhere even deeper in the countryside (for example, no Walmart, no Wendy's, no Cadillac dealership, kids there growing up don't know what a Honda looks like, the richest person in town drives a Chrysler or Buick, etc) for quiet life, or low living expenses.)
Let's buckle up and see what happens. Gotta hang on tight for a while! (at least most people didn't escape from a burnt down industry like me as a refugee. I ran away from Red China as a child, I really can't shake it off maybe)
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2025.01.24 05:44 ENVYisEVIL Never forget Uvalde
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2025.01.24 05:44 Lopsided_Swordfish98 City of Evil Tierlist (very hard to rank)
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2025.01.24 05:44 Anxious-Log5136 I did not grind plss dont hate me🥴
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2025.01.24 05:44 No-Cellist9004 Letter from a book I’m writing
Context: The man writing this letter is a soldier in the 30 years war under the church who is slowly finding the meaning to his life and faith by writing letters to the Pope. This is his eighth letter.
I take ganders into the distance at my leisure, not looking at any point other than one that is not there. It brings me peace and a yet un quelled spirit of being, of sadness and grief; so much so I think I might discover meaning in that one point I can never see. I truly believe that in all history there has never been a moment where such strife and beauty has come together than from when the grey smoke of battle mixes with the blood red of sunset. I am by no means an illiterate man, and as becoming of that am no loner from moral. Yet, there comes a point where you lie therein your doubts, your thoughts which rampage, and think: why were they given to you? God has not given us perfection. If he so desired as to create perfection, he only would have cloned himself. But this is flawed, as God is not perfect, and not everything has a reason. Once in my fighting, I came across a boy. His eyes distant from me, looking into my grave. No longer it seemed he was bound to the mortal plane, and I saw beauty in that; despite my concept of self and morals. He spoke to me, real softly, ‘what is my name?’ I could not answer. So, I gave him what nobody had given me: a choice. A choice to define himself. The boy lifted his bony finger, and pointed to a man lying in his own blood (he had been slayed by me), and said, ‘who is he?’ I spoke to him. ‘This was me, a reflection of myself in a stranger. My friend. Jehan. I took a breath, and said to him: ‘This was Jehan, a great man, fallen on hard times, as all are.’ The boy smiled. I saw a glimpse of my truth in his smile. A patch of muted white-like the clouds hiding heaven from us-under the crimson of blood and death. I saw Jesus that day, in a boy. He told me with these words I should carry my faith not as a burden, but wings to explore it with. I left that boy in the ground that day. Left him under the shadow of a cross, its dying shadow in the crimson light of the sun.
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2025.01.24 05:44 bowelmovement99 Is anyone going to Tijuana tomorrow? I'm supposed to go but I'm kinda hesitant now
I was planning on taking the blue line straight down and then walking across around 11 am. Chill for a day and then go to a soccer game at 7 pm. And then cross back to SD after the game ends.
But with this fire now at 600 acres, I'm a bit nervous.
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2025.01.24 05:44 UnderstandingReal773 Rosé
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2025.01.24 05:44 RyeAbc The quest for 50k Spleen Sweeper continues.
Has anyone hit +50k on spleen sweeper? Am I the only maniac that plays this while nest of thrones is right there? I'm going to be sad when this game leaves.
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2025.01.24 05:44 prinjuk I regret the way i played the game for the first time
I was new to cyberpunk and played all missions as they suggested and didnt take any side gigs and stories lines. The game ended pretty early and was disappointed that it was very short.
Then later I found out that there many side gigs to attend which made the game more fun now, wish i had played all those before the last mission at the first time.
I love this game more now
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2025.01.24 05:44 ThusSpakeRonald How much economic assistance did the West provide the USSR post-1985? How much was lost due to corruption?
I've heard from interviews with Stephen Kotkin about how there was economic assistance to the USSR, but the money was "lost." (I believe I've read/heard this elsewhere too, but he is coming to mind right now. The quote I remember was at least partly in reference to the money from West Germany for German reunification and, I think, IMF loans post-collapse.) Thus, my curiosity is what are the estimate(s) of the total provided economic "assistance", and how much of it is estimated to have been "lost." :)
Title says post-1985, but I am referring to Gorbachev more specifically. Other times are of interest overall, but my line of thinking right now is in terms of the collapse as I am in the middle of reading Zubok's Collapse. ("No Marshall Plan" claims are part of my thinking here as well.)
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2025.01.24 05:44 Prudent-Skin234 Seroquel Dosage
I am switching from Vraylar to Seroquel due to anxiety on the Vraylar. My doctor currently has me on 150mg of Seroquel and told me that if I notice any signs of (hypo)mania to up the dose to 200mg and call her right away. I know she always likes to keep me on the lowest effective dose which I understand, but is 150mg of Seroquel going to do anything at all? I'm a little nervous as I don't want to have to wait for an episode to start before going up in dosage.
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2025.01.24 05:44 CassiusBotdorf What's a sensible exit strategy?
My 12-month Plutus subscription is running out in March. I've jumped on the bandwagon a year ago because I was hoping that by purchasing a subscription I wouldn't have to worry about changes anymore. Mostly changes where Plutus tries to gamify the free tier, so they will buy up. That strategy didn't pan out. And as many here, I'm not happy with Plutus anymore.
I've used a minimal top up for the last months to purchase my perks. I won't top up anymore in February and March. This means my pending PLU will become available mid February.
How do I exit now most sensibly? I'd prefer to get all my PLU out, with the least fees paid. I'm aware that there is now a 33% fee on withdrawals. Is that the easiest way to get out? Initiate a withdrawal, then tell them to close the account, or is the withdrawal also initiated when I close the account?
Thanks for the help everyone!
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2025.01.24 05:44 Lopsided_Owl_7324 Rdr2 online trophies
I’m trying to platinum red dead redemption 2 and all I need are the online trophies. I have a guide I’m using but some of these trophies seem impossible to me since none of my friends play rdr2, what do I do?
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2025.01.24 05:44 RPCT457 Chicago as seen from the Metra today
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2025.01.24 05:44 DamianKing42 Who has the best theme for a lower card wrestler?
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2025.01.24 05:44 Expensive-Coast-9923 Can Someone help me with money 😭
I did something wrong and lost my main account I’m on a new Xbox x|s account can someone help me pleaseeeeeee
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2025.01.24 05:44 Low-Engineering-6373 ¿Me atrae mi jefe?
Hola a todos, Quiero compartir algo que he notado sobre mí desde hace tiempo. Tengo 22 años, pero siempre me han atraído los hombres que me duplican la edad. Me parece un patrón curioso, y estoy tratando de entender de dónde viene.(si tengo papá).
Creo que lo que me atrae de los hombres mayores es la sabiduría que proyectan, la sensación de protección y estabilidad que parecen ofrecer. Por ejemplo, encuentro bastante atractivo a mi jefe, y últimamente he estado fantaseando con él. Sé que es solo una atracción, pero no deja de parecerme interesante cómo mi preferencia siempre se inclina hacia personas que son significativamente mayores que yo.
No sé si esto se debe a que valoro mucho la madurez o a algo más profundo. ¿Alguien más ha experimentado algo parecido? Me encantaría escuchar sus experiencias o puntos de vista.
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2025.01.24 05:44 JezebelGambino test
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