Bitmagnet is a self hosted bittorrent DHT crawler/database. Basically a self hosted meta search engine for torrents, like Knaben or ext.to.

Bittorrent has for ages had a decentralized network to find additional peers outside of the trackers listed in your torrent file/magnet link. Bitmagnet crawls this network grabbing hashes from everything it finds and puts it in a postgres database. It also has a classifier that allows you to tag and prevent adding torrents based on string matching and TMDB id numbers.

I just got it setup before bed and woke up to it already having 120k files logged. It's neat to look at what other people are downloading, especially given how many torrents are hidden behind private trackers these days. Just browsing what I've crawled overnight I see one TV show that I could not find on the public torrent sites.

It has a servarr integration, so it easily plugs into prowlarr/sonarr/radarr, etc.

If you're going to try it, here's a few tips:

Definitely set a scaling factor or it'll use a low of resources and bog your system down. I started with a scaling factor of 3, which seems fine resource wise.

Make sure you have enough storage space, it apparently consumes a lot of space right away, but less and less over time as your database ends up already having the vast majority of active torrent hashes. I'm seeing people reporting 100gb after many months of running, which isn't that bad, IMO.

Run it through a VPN/wireguard that is outside your home network. Not for copyright purposes(it's not downloading anything), but because it spawns a ton of connections, enough to smoke most home routers.

Here's a docker compose file I found that was helpful. Just change the gluetun settings to whatever VPN you have and change the volume mounts to wherever you have the storage space.
https://pastebin.com/RCEbZQd2

The Social Security Administration has instructed employees newly assigned to answering phones to tell callers expressing suicidal thoughts that suicide is “one option,” raising concerns from employees and experts in the field who called the approach unorthodox.

SSA recently began shifting new swaths of its workforce to phone answering duty, including those who normally receive and process retirement and disability claims, manage the agency’s technology and work in the agency's finances unit. Those employees received brief, three-hour training before they began answering calls.

As part of that training, they were warned some callers may express suicidal ideation and presented with examples using a theoretical employee named Fiona.

“It's important for Fiona to keep the caller engaged and to remind her that suicide is only one option,” the animated trainer told employees in the video, a copy of which was obtained by Government Executive, “and that there is no urgency to make any decisions.”

Employees at the training, which occurred on Jan. 26 for benefits authorizers and post-entitlement technical experts, were taken aback by the comment and asked their supervisors for clarity. One employee at the training said there was “disbelief that it was just said” among those in the room.

Caitlin Thompson, a clinical psychologist who spent eight years at the Veterans Affairs Department as a clinical care coordinator on the Veterans Crisis Line and later as the department’s national director of suicide prevention, said SSA's approach did not follow commonly accepted best practices.

“It’s not a normal thing to say,” Thompson said. “No. That’s not the thing you say to somebody who might be suicidal.”

Instead, SSA would be better suited telling employees to ask callers if they feel safe in the immediate term and if they say no, to tell the caller that they will work with their supervisor to get them in touch with a crisis line.

“It’s a very specific thing to be able to talk to people,” Thompson said, noting that employees were not hired or properly trained to handle issues that arise on phone calls like those SSA processes. Of potentially suicidal callers, she added, “It can’t just be a ‘sorry to hear that.’”

I don't think this breaks any rules, but feel free to delete if it does.

This years Defector article about orifice accidents:

What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year?

By Barry Petchesky

This is the time of year to be grateful for not having things stuck in our asses, and to think of those less fortunate than us. So spare a thought for those Americans who misjudged the capacity of their own orifices.

All reports are taken from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's database of emergency room visits, all descriptions are verbatim, and all the people involved had a very bad time.

Penis

BATTERY

CANDLE WAX

CHESS PIECE

2 GLASS BEADS

PEN

PENCIL

COMB

APPLE STEMS

APPLE CORE

BOBBY PIN

PAPER CLIP

MAGNETS

SPRING

SCREW

STAPLES

THERMOMETER

HEADPHONES

GUITAR STRING

ALLEN WRENCH

Vagina

HOLIDAY BELL

LIGHTER

ALUMINUM FOIL

COTTON BALLS

POPSICLE STICK

PLASTIC ORCA

GEMSTONE

"INSERTED TWO DIAMOND RINGS IN HER VAGINA WHILE AT A PARTY IN FEAR THEY WOULD BE STOLEN"

LATEX GLOVE

BATH BOMB

SMALL PLASTIC MERMAID

FLOWER TOY

"REPORTS A BAG OF MARIJUANA HAS BEEN IN HER VAGINA FOR 2 DAYS AND IS UNCOMFORTABLE"

BRACELET CHARMS

2 VIBRATORS

PENIS RING

2 PENIS RINGS

2 SPOONS

"WAS USING A PIECE OF PLASTIC TO MASTURBATE WHEN GOT SPOOKED BY THE WIND OUTSIDE AND THREW THE SHEET OVER HERSELF IN THE PROCESS LODGING THE PIECE OF PLASTIC DEEPER INTO HER VAGINA AND WASN'T ABLE TO RETRIEVE"

HAIRBRUSH

DETERGENT POD

PLUNGER CAP

BEER BOTTLE, "WAS ON A CRUISE ON HER HONEYMOON"

Rectum

LUBRICANT BOTTLE

ENEMA BOTTLE

NAILS

SCREWS AND NAILS

"PATIENT STATES HE PUT A BASEBALL IN HIS RECTUM TO SEE WHAT IT FELT LIKE"

AEROSOL CAN

DOG CHEW TOY

DRYER SHEET

"WAS FEELING CONSTIPATED FOR 2 DAYS, HE TOOK THE BASE OFF OF HIS BEARD CLIPPERS AND WRAPPED IN A PLASTIC BAGGIE, INSERTED INTO THE RECTUM AND IT GOT STUCK"

BATON

HAIR TIE

"CONCERN ABOUT IF HE STILL HAD A SMALL VIBRATOR IN HIS RECTUM. HIS GIRLFRIEND PLACED IT THERE ON FRIDAY"

TURKEY BASTER

PLASTIC CLEANSER BOTTLE (FULL OF LIQUID)

"REPORTS HE SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER AND A SHAMPOO BOTTLE WENT INTO HIS RECTUM"

"STATES HE WAS IN THE SHOWER 'WAS BORED' WHEN PT PLACED SHAMPOO BOTTLE INTO RECTUM"

DENTAL PICK

WINE STOPPER

CORN COB HOLDER

"HAD GONE OUT WITH WIFE WIFE LAST NIGHT AND HAD TOO MANY DRINKS, WENT HOME DRUNK, WIFE INSERTED A RUBBERY SEX TOY INTO PT'S RECTUM, UNABLE TO REMOVE"

HIGHLIGHTER

INVISIBLE MARKER

MAGIC WAND TOY

"REPORTS 7-INCH DILDO INSERTED INTO RECTUM WHEN IT ACCIDENTALLY WENT TOO FAR. HE ATTEMPTED TO USE PLIERS TO REMOVE IT. PLIERS STUCK TOO"

MARBLES

FILM CANISTER

BATTERY-POWERED LIGHT

"PLASTIC COATHANGER INSIDE HIS ANUS. HE INSERTED THE HANGER DURING SEXUAL ACTIVITY. HE CUT OFF THE OUTSIDE OF THE HANGER SO HE COULD DRIVE TO THE ER"

PENNY

SANDAL

DOORKNOB

"HE INSERTED A LIGHT BULB INTO HIS RECTUM THIS MORNING WITH THE GLASS SIDE FIRST AND DUE TO THE SUCTION EFFECT, THE BULB GOT SUCKED UP"

FLASHLIGHT

VAPE PEN

"POSSIBLE RECTAL FOREIGN BODY. SHE REPORTS PLACING A SMALL VIBRATOR IN HER RECTUM, SHE DOES NOT REMEMBER REMOVING IT AND CANNOT FIND IT"

2 PENCILS

CORNCOB-STYLE PIPE

"REPORTS USING A BUTT PLUG IN HER ANUS A FEW HOURS AGO WHEN IT BROKE OFF. SIGNIFICANT OTHER USED TWEEZERS TO RETRIEVE PIECE THAT BROKE OFF. TWEEZERS NOW STUCK IN RECTUM"

RUBBER GASKET

UNCOOKED PASTA

PIECE OF NOSE HAIR TRIMMER

"STATES HE HAS A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS RECTUM THAT IS VIBRATING. HE STATES HE WAS WITH A GIRL LAST NIGHT AND DOESN'T REMEMBER MUCH"

EYEGLASSES

ROCK

EGG

"WAS BEING INTIMATE WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND THEY SHOVED A RECTANGULAR TRAVEL TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER IN HIS RECTUM, WAS ABLE TO GET HALF OF IT OUT"

MULTIPLE SEX TOYS

CAT-HEADED VIBRATOR

18-INCH DILDO

24-INCH DILDO

"REPORTS HAVING A 6 INCH VIBRATOR IN RECTUM SINCE 2:00 PM TODAY. DOESN'T RECALL PLACING VIBRATOR IN RECTUM. ALSO REPORTED TAKING 'POPPERS' AT THE TIME"

Maple Brown Sugar Overnight Oats Drink:

73g     Rolled oats 
    - ground in food processor or blender until no pieces larger than ¼ original size
10g     Chia Seeds
2g       Flax Seeds 
    - Ground or whole, may want to use more if whole
25g     Protein powder 
    - vanilla or unflavored
15g     Maple Sugar 
19g     Brown sugar
278g   Almond milk
	    -unsweetened
1/2tsp Vanilla extract
	    -add after milk

I've been working on this recipe for a while and I'm proud of it, even though it wasn't super complicated. It's similar to those expensive single serving overnight oats bottles. I haven't calculated the cost, but I know it's at least less wasteful since you make in a reusable container.

You may have to play with the amount of milk depending on your protein powder and brand of milk. You can always add more to make it thinner when you go to drink it.

I'm sure most people probably don't have maple sugar, but I didn't have good luck with using maple syrup, it stuck to the bottom instead of dissolving. You can use white or brown sugar instead, but maple sugar is sweeter, so add more of whatever you substitute, probably twice as much.

It fits in a 16oz canning jar. You may have to add half the milk and then shake to get enough room for it all to fit, though.

I've uploaded Blowback Season 6 for comrades who cannot afford to purchase it at this time. Please support them if/when you can.

https://pixeldrain.com/u/KNxRu5BV

I also put it in a TankieTube playlist since the pixeldrain link may expire eventually:

https://tankie.tube/w/p/tenm9SLoQdhx7ibxRgm8QR

There was just a gun shot in Dealey Plaza. This is not a joke! There was just a gun shot at JFK. This is not a drill, there was just a gun shot here in Texas. I'm not playing wit' chall. Yo, go to church on Sunday, read the book of Mormon. This is not a drill. Jesus is Lord, Jesus will protect you, I'm not playing wit' chall! It's ya boy zapruder tiktok, like and subscribe!

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I have some serious scuffing on my car's door sill. I bought some black xpel film to prevent this in the future, but I want to do something to prevent rust from forming underneath the film.

I bought some color matched touch up paint, but I'm wondering if I need to remove all of the paint and primer from the area. Since I don't care how it'll look under the film, I'd like to just rough it up with sandpaper, prime and paint it, and then slap the film on it.

The part I'm worried about is that it's a fairly large and irregular scuffed area. Some bits are down to metal, some down to primer, and some still has the clearcoat. I can't really mask it off and only get primer on bare metal and the original primer.

The reason I don't want to sand it all down is that it's a difficult area to sand. I'm worried I'll fuck up the paint beyond the area that would be covered by the film.

Can I do it the lazy way, or should I just bite the bullet and sand down to metal?

It's water based touch up paint if that matters.

Dear House Centipede,

I appreciate your effort to hold up your obligations under our lease agreement. As you know, I provide you with free rent in exchange for your diligent efforts to eat any insects that may come into the house. Your immense size tells me you've been keeping up your end of the bargain.

I am writing to you about the incident this morning. Our agreement states that we must avoid each other at all costs. While I was brushing my teeth, you came scurrying out of the sink drain. Please avoid doing this in the future, as it creeped the hell out of me.

I thank your for your attention to this matter.

Tl;Dr: Took a loaner car and noticed damage several days later. Should I try to weasel out, or offer to pay something?

My car is in for body work and the shop gave me a loaner. It's a really poor condition Subaru SUV.

I've been driving it and today I noticed really weird damage to the fender. Looks like someone flung a rock or something heavy at the fender. The paint is flaking and the edge of the door has a little chip. The thing is, I have no idea if the damage was there when I picked it up. Probably wasn't because I think I would have noticed it by now.

It seems unlikely it was that way when I got it. There's a bunch of ground bare metal with no rust. You'd think a body shop guy would at least hit it with some paint to prevent rust.

I don't even see how this damage could have happened from a parking lot hit and run, and I didn't hit anything. There's a very deep round dent at the top of the fender, but the lower fender sticks out farther and isn't damaged at all. I don't think it was damaged while parked at my house, either. I have a narrow driveway. Whatever hit this came with serious force.

The only paperwork I have is a handwritten thing on one of those carbon copy receipts. It has my contact info, the mileage and vin of the vehicle and one line that says, "Customer is responsible for any and all damage to vehicle". I signed at the bottom.

Should I be straight up and tell him about it? Should I offer to pay something? It's a little shop and the guy has been pretty good to me. On the other hand, it could be a pretty expensive fix if the guy wants to milk it. To be returned to new condition it would need a new fender and paint on 2 panels.

I can't imagine the entire car is worth more than $4000. It has bad brakes, bad suspension, bad transmission, bad interior, etc. Its a 2018 with 156k miles.

Part of me thinks I should just return it and hope they don't notice right away, but it's kind of a cowardly move. Another option is to point out the damage and see what he says, and if he's unreasonable, force him to sue me/claim against my insurance.

I can afford it, but it also sucks to have to pay thousands for some parking lot hit and run or even damage that was there before I took it.

Any advice, ethical or practical?