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https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6shbg?Achievement-Points-and-Free- RPG-Day mentions how PfS players can enable buying some boons by exchanging Achievement Points. Here's the cost (in GP) of each available item as of 2022-06-15 & a brief summary. 325 aeon stone (clear spindle) nourishment 230 aeon stone (gold nodule) language 30K aeon stone (lavender & green ellipsoid) 2200 aeon stone (lavender ellipsoid) read aura 9750 aeon stone (orange prism) +2 checks ANOR 1900 aeon stone (pink rhomboid) 15tHP 350 aeon stone (tourmaline sphere) cast heal 240 bloodletting kukri +1 Crit, persistent bleed 030 brooch of shielding absorb magic missile 980 cape of the mountebank +2 deception 056 channel protection amulet +5 resist harm 235 chime of opening +13 thievery to open 10x 230 clandestine cloak +1 Stealth, Deception 2700 dancing rune self flying melee wpn 670 dragonslayer’s shield +2 Will v dragons 5625 elven chain +2AC no check penalty 1250 floating s...

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Storage batteries near the grid nexus of an old coal plant. Sounds like a wizard idea, wot? Well, Oregon's largest public futility just brought 30MW of battery onto the grid, near our old coal power site, adjacent to wind and solar, and bills it as the 'nation's largest'. Yawn. The Portland Metro (excluding Clark County WA just across the Columbia River since, well, Washington has their own nuclear power plant ) uses 22,648,283 megawatt-hours of electricity yearly, according the per-county stats at http://findenergy.com/or/ - that means this 30 megawatt battery complex can keep the area's lights on for, how long after dark? 30 Megawatts divided by 43 Megawatts a minute (22,648,283/(365.24*24*60)) = not very long at all (41 seconds, maybe).. And, wind fails , too. For a long time .  But didn't I just mention the mighty Columbia River and its extensive hydropower system ? Well, our power hungry neighbor to the south is running dry ... and they have ...

This cartoon illustrates well the "Some A**hole" theory of restraint when applied to psychotic murderers.  In Journalism school, it was called Social Media Responsibility Theory , and used in World War Two instead of direct censorship.  Dean Ing's Soft Targets ( Worldcat Library Link  so you can place an Inter-Library Loan request) expounds on the theory far better than I can. 

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My personal domain's used only for email right now, but this article's extremely useful for all domain owners: https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/05/10/pages-that-didn-t-make-it-into--how-dns-works-/

AK, CO, NH, NJ, NM, OR, VT believe women have an unrestricted right to choose what happens to their bodies. Seven states . One of Oregon's solutions to the abortion dilemma is providing tele-health appointments to out-of-state and rural residents seeking a medical abortion, which can be administered with a pill. While it may be illegal to mail this medication to people living in states where abortion becomes banned, Udall said that anyone with an Oregon address can receive the pill in the mail. The address can be temporary . Does Plan B Expire - How to Get Emergency Contraception (cosmopolitan.com) Don't bring your phone to Planned Parenthood if you don't live in one of those seven states. Why? It can track you. https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7vzjb/location-data-abortion-clinics-safegraph-planned-parenthood Since Google search data can be subpoenaed, consider using DuckDuckGo, or better yet a VPN plus a European search provider instead of Google. In April, following t...

PUTIN'S CREW Sung to the tune of https://youtu.be/cPr5gaVMkZc Oh, the Moskva was flagship of our fleet. -- How I wish I was in Sevastopol! -- She'd sailed since 1979, Under different names with changing times. (Chorus)    God damn them all!  We were told,                   We'd just show up and the Ukes would fold.                   They would never fight, but I'll tell you,                    I'm a broken wreck after what I've been through:                   The last of Vladimir Putin's crew. The Russian navy scoured its ranks  -- how I wish I was in Sevastopol! -- For a good five hundred sailors who Would make enough for ...

America's Best Hospitals ratings from Healthgrades lists four Metro PDX area hospitals in the top 100 hospitals (or better). Patients treated in them have a 25% or better lower chance of dying. https://healthgrades.com/right-care/patient-advocate/what-makes-a-hospital-one-of-americas-best Providence St Vincent 2021 Best 50 Hospitals, 100 Best Cardiac Care https://healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/oregon-or-portland/providence-st-vincent-medical-center-hgst6339e6a6380004 Kaiser Sunnyside 2019-2021 Best 100 Hospitals, 100 Best Pulmonary Care, 50 Best Cardiac Surgery. 2020-2021 100 Best Cardiac Care https://healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/oregon-or-portland/kaiser-sunnyside-medical-center-hgst0839e6a6380091 Portland Providence 2019-2021 100 Best Hospitals & Critical Care Excellence. 2021 Gen. Surgery & Joint Repl. Excellence Award. https://healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/oregon-or-portland/providence-portland-medical-center-hgst8639e6a6380061 Legacy Salmon Creek 2020...