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We met on a Minecraft server over ~6 ish years ago when we were like 12. We've definitely split over time but we still chat sometimes. Their birthday is in like a week and id like to give them a gift this year since it's their 18th and also I would like to give back to them since they've been a great friend for so long.

I'll list some attributes:

• they are trans but closeted for the foreseeable future (I am trans too that's kinda why we get along so well)
• they cosplay for conventions every year. I considered going once but it's like 13 hours away.
• they have a laptop and a Nintendo switch, but mainly use the laptop
• they like Minecraft
• they like the band Crane Wives

I ideally would like to spend $15-20 and my options are really limited since we only know each other online. My thoughts are either like 3 months of the basic discord subscription (they expressed they wanted it in the past) or a game on Steam.
I'm leaning more towards the game on steam as it's a long lasting thing.

I'm thinking either A Hat in Time or OneShot

I've never bought a gift for someone online other than among us to someone for $5 when it was popular.

Is there anything im missing or anything else you'd recommend?

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The most moral army in the world and the country protected by NATO and Arab League .

@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

https://www.thedailybeast.com/texan-moved-fam-to-russia-to-flee-wokenow-hes-headed-to-ukraine-front-line/

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xkcd #3117: Replication Crisis

Title text:

Maybe encouraging the publication of null results isn't enough--maybe we need a journal devoted to publishing results the study authors find personally annoying.

Transcript:

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3117/

explainxkcd for #3117

The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, after denying for months that it intended to do so.

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Quick Facts:

• The changes to the bylaws follow similar changes recently adopted in Alberta, Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
• Between May and June 2025, B.C. has received nearly 780 job applications spanning all health regions: 181 for Interior Health, 154 for Fraser Health, 121 for Vancouver Coastal Health, 112 for Island Health, 70 for Providence Health Care, 66 for Provincial Health Services Authority and 63 for Northern Health (some applicants may have applied to more than one health authority).
• The Province is taking a Team B.C. approach to recruiting health-care workers from the U.S., and is working in collaboration with health authorities, regulatory colleges and other partners.
• The Province launched a targeted U.S. marketing campaign on June 2, 2025, in Washington, Oregon and select cities in California.

To further improve recruitment, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. (CPSBC) implemented bylaw changes on July 7, 2025, that benefit doctors trained outside of Canada. Since then, CPSBC has received 29 registration applications from U.S. doctors.

It's just rhythms and pitches really, in a sequence. But we don't love patterns, a scale sounds boring. It's the breaking of the patterns that sound good in music, but only in specific ways. Other ways sound discordant. What the duck is going on?

I'm going to be putting a new downpipe on my car to hopefully fix my turbo boost issues. The problem is I already have a catback exhaust from another manufacturer that has a flange connection, but the downpipe kit has a slip-fit connection.

To use pictures. I need to connect this thing:

To this thing:

It would be awesome if I could find a part that would adapt the two, but my Google-fu doesn't find anything that has a slip-fit on one end and a two-bolt flanged connector on the other end.

Also: How much would it cost to get an exhaust shop to do this for me?