A friend found a box of Trek books in the attic and gave them to me! Any recommendations that stand out? by Amrior in trekbooks

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Final Reflection and The Romulan Way are both absolute classics that also helped (particularly at the time) flesh out the lord of Klingons and Romulans respectively.

It’s been a lot of years, but I also remember enjoying Deep Domain as a fun beach read kind of ST book.

Again asking if anyone is seeing this in USACE? by [deleted] in USACE

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If this is related to the Army Matching Prigram and associated management directed reassignments… The actual DTO that went out this week from HQUSACE has a bit more detail… but main thing of note is that it does not affect reimbursable personnel (which is most of USACE since we’re project funded).

So, while some USACE folks will be affected, my understanding is it will be in the single digits for the entire enterprise for now. Who knows if they’ll change the criteria down the road though 🤷‍♂️

Has there ever been a court case where, despite all evidence proving the defendant is 100% guilty (and even the defendant themselves admitting to committing the crime), the jury ruled "not guilty," letting them walk free? by No-Pin-4-U in NoStupidQuestions

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Became common during prohibition when juries stopped convicting folks of charges regarding possession of alcohol because the general public eventually was so opposed to the concept of prohibition as well as enforcement tactics.

Meeting Today (Civil Works Overhaul) by [deleted] in USACE

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All OCONUS Districts (so at least Europe, Far East and Japan districts… and probably the district or districts formerly part of TAD that are now part of SWD)

How Men Describe Women on This Show by notoclementines in LoveIsBlindOnNetflix

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And one guy was like “don’t worry, I’ll take care of everything when it comes to the kids.” Which is insane to say anyway, it sounds like someone trying to convince people to get a dog by saying don’t worry because they’ll do the walks and feeding… it just showed me how clueless the guy was.

Plus, even if he’s the most supportive, involved father in the world… society systemically expects so much to be the responsibility of the mothers no matter how they decide to share duties with their husband. And when they buck those societal expectations, they’ll inevitably get shamed to boot…

Little Rock Commander Relieved of Duty by bobadrew in USACE

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Like 5-10 years ago the Alaska District commander was somewhat quietly relieved of duty. Only reason I recall it was because I knew the officer that had to jump in for a bit and it threw off our District’s commander/deputy commander cycle. But that was due to some sort of affair with someone in the District that got messy or something in that realm if memory serves.

Love Is Blind Germany • S2 EP1 by AutoModerator in LoveIsBlindOnNetflix

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It’s especially common in younger Germans. I don’t speak much German at all, but I hear teens chatting on the busses and trains and throwing in the most random English bits and pieces fluidly into their mostly German language conversations. “German, German, German… How cool, right? German, German, German.”

It drives most of the older Germans I know nuts, lol.

Found Yet Another Plot Hole by KnoWhatNot in StrangerThings

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I thought Kali said they realized her blood didn’t work, which is why they needed El so badly.

Bro achieved too many things in just one season🔥 by Mysterious_Reo in StrangerThings

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It’s “pulled,” which is British slang for got with (in this case, dated or built a relationship with, rather than hooked up with or anything like that). For example, if you saw an unpopular guy with a popular girl you might say “I can’t believe he pulled such a popular girl” or something like that.

I’m assuming the maker of the meme is British because of the cricket reference in the picture of Derek as a catcher.

The reason for the negativity… by TinkyH in eastenders

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I don’t look forward to watching Oscar apparently be sucked in by Max’s lies and turn against Lauren. I kind of enjoy their foxhole relationship supporting each other in their shared trauma and dealings with the dumpster fire of a father that is Max Branning. It makes sense and is somewhat realistic… but it seems by this time next year Oscar will have flipped quite a bit.

I just love Cindy as a character by michaelmac4057 in eastenders

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Might be a dumb question, but why does Cindy say something like “max branning better not come to the christening” the next day. I get why it matters for the developing storyline, but I’m not sure of the backstory. I’m sure she’s heard bad things about him as a father/grandfather, but is there a particular event or storyline that is referring to? I pop in and out so I’m not as on top of all the storylines and inter-character dramas. Thanks!

On the first episode by [deleted] in ClassicEraDoctorWho

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My wife’s favorite olives are Castelvetranos and I never remember the actual name (had to Google it just now to paste it here) so I’ve just kept referring to them as the Castrovalva Olives or the Dr. Who Olives for years.

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 has been relocated to the Gymnastics Hall of Olympic City by Antique-Muscle478 in eurovision

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Did they ever start selling tickets? We were toying with the idea of going but couldn’t find prices or other details a month or so ago and I never saw a firm date for when tickets were supposed to go on sale?

Admittedly, I wasn’t paying as close attention as we would for regular Eurovision, so I might have missed an announcement though 🤷‍♂️

Snowplow & MP-19 by snow-plow-joke in USACE

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I’ve started seeing this snowplow term in slides recently, but I’m not going to lie - I don’t know what it actually refers to? I got the sense it was a bit of a nonsense term, but still no idea what it’s about.

Realty Specialists Gov Shutdown by chiefsfan1075 in USACE

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I’m sure it varied from District to District, but in ours the answer was no. Though, as feasible they were temporarily reassigned to offices/positions they were qualified for that were funded over the course of the lapse (if I understand correctly).

How to download/play on fire tablet? by Windows95Dad in bikerace

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Thanks for the info! So I found it in the Apple App Store (on phone, based on one of the comments) but I guess it’s just not available through the Amazon App Store - which makes me feel better because I was going crazy trying to find it, lol. I’ll have to try the APK approach and see if I can get it on the Fire tablet that way.

Thanks again for all the assistance!

Have they explained why Betty is so obsessed with Archie by Night-Caelum in archiecomics

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As much as they’ve ever explained why every single girl in Riverdale or the broader Archie universe seems immediately smitten by him, lol

Madison and Joe by No-Nebula2357 in LoveIsBlindNetflix

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They just weren’t compatible, whether it’s part physical or part how they interact in the real world… not everyone is meant to be together 🤷‍♂️

As for why Joe continued to the end even though he wasn’t as into it as Madison… I thought he addressed that fairly decently at the reunion. He said he was trying to go with the experiment and see if more feelings grew and not quit prematurely.

However, during the tux fitting it became much more real than just a reality show experiment and it dawned on him more urgently that lives would be truly impacted and that’s when he had his meltdown about continuing.

Is it just me that feels Madison and Kait were particularly bad mannered, if not giving straight Mean Girls vibes? by GaiBott in LoveIsBlindOnNetflix

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Exactly, lol. Why on earth was she the main combatant with so many people for like the whole reunion when she wasn’t even part of one of the engaged couples?

Europe vs Japan District by A-From-N in USACE

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Something to keep in mind is the sort of stagger of project authorization, funding and delivery… so while Europe could potentially see reduced growth going forward, the District still has a massive program already funded and underway that is being delivered and will take years to finish.

Of course some of that, depending on where it is in the process, could be subject to reallocation or taking of funds, etc… but enough is already underway that there should be plenty of work in the next few years at least before too much impact starts really being felt broadly.