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So it was said that automatic administrative reviews would occur around the end of July to determine whether Lyle and Erik's parole hearings could be advanced to next year. I'm curious if they've found out the results of this or not. Also this says that a board will review it 11 months after the parole hearing, so I'm thinking they've either made their decision or started the process? https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f9d4be7494070b92d76f3/t/6514ac72381c2836e933ca3d/1695853685995/23.09.20+Comprehensive+Parole+Packet+%28LARGE+PRINT%29.pdf

My heart absolutely broke for Betsy in this recent episode. It must have been awful not being able to get up and not having anyone to help her. :( She was so devastated when Carla came back. Sydney Martin is incredible. My eyes teared up when she said "I don't want you near me."

I also wonder if the writers went a bit too far with Lauren literally leaving Betsy home alone for all that time. Carla was literally next door in the factory...wouldn't Lauren realistically have just gone to Carla and say that something had come up (like just make up an excuse) so that Carla could go back and look after Betsy for a bit?? Like yes sure she hasn't always been super considerate of Betsy's feelings, but she clearly cares about her and I find it hard to believe that she'd just casually leave Betsy on her own for so long.

Although I think it was terrible for Lauren to leave her alone like that, I do feel for her. It makes sense why she's been reacting like this to Dylan, considering how awfully Joel treated her. I hope they don't abandon this and explore this a bit more. I could also see how awful she felt at the end.

As for Brody though... he's being a bit of a prick and a macho dickhead. I hope he stops hanging out with Idris asap, because it feels like some serious regression. Suddenly it feels like it's 2025 and we're back in the STC! His OTT reaction in last night's episode is so hypocritical considering we now know that he has choked women during sex and bragged about it! What Dylan said is 100% right. Brody can't sit there on his high horse. He probably used the same pressure Dylan used. Just because the consequences were different in Dylan's case doesn't mean Brody's any better - he could very well have ended up in the exact same situation!

That confrontation scene in the cafe was ridiculous and so ego-driven (on both parts) imo. Dylan was ridiculous accusing Brody of being 'jealous' of him. He literally always says the wrong thing when people corner him, so I can understand why other characters end up thinking he's not genuinely sorry when he responds like that (imo he only really shows that he's sorry in private scenes, like with his dad and with Betsy).

Brody was also ridiculous for storming in there and carrying on like that. And honestly, how much of this is really about Betsy? I get that Brody cares about her, but would he have marched into the cafe to confront Dylan if he'd never found out about the rumours Dylan and Sean spread? I'm honestly doubting it, because he only seemed to become genuinely furious once he learned Dylan had been involved in spreading those rumours about him. Before that, Brody seemed willing to hear Dylan out and didn't even seem angry with him, despite being worried about Betsy. I'm sure he also feels genuinely upset about the impact this has had on Betsy, but I honestly think he would've acted differently if he hadn't already formed that personal grudge against Dylan for spreading rumours.

Nina was a bit of a fresh air in this episode imo.

When I first saw that Prince would be part of the 'young group' (people like Vicky, Leah, Imran, Frankie), I was like isn't he a bit past that? I honestly think that they only paired him with them because most of the characters his age have left. I don't think there is any other explanation because it makes no sense to me. Prince was always associated with people around his age and older, like Peri, Romeo, Lily, Juliet, Yasmine, the list goes on. I get that he can't be THAT much older than this group but he really feels so much older, Prince got married to Lily when Leah was like 11! Heck, Frankie would've been 9 or 10!

It feels really forced, and so does his relationship with Vicky and thing with Leah. He literally dated Leah's aunty, and I just don't buy that he would be dating these girls or that he'd even be part of the friend group. If anything, it seems like he was beginning to gravitate more towards older women than younger women.

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I made a post about Lauren yesterday, but she's just taking this way too far. Betsy’s at peace (for the time-being anyway) with the fact that she decided not to make a statement, and Lisa was willing to respect that. Idk what Lauren will do next, but I suspect that she won’t make it any easier for Betsy, based on her reaction to Lisa's comments later on in the episode. I really don’t like how she’s so willing to ride roughshod over Betsy. It must be horrible to go through something like this and for your thoughts and feelings to be totally ignored as if you can’t speak for yourself at all. I definitely think this is related to her own trauma with Joel, but she's taking it too far and needs to take a step back. It's not fair on Betsy.

She’s going on about Dylan manipulating Betsy, but is completely oblivious to the fact that she’s been doing that to Betsy! Betsy clearly never really wanted to make a statement, if it was just up to her with no one pressuring her (including Dylan), she probably wouldn't have given a statement imo. She only agreed to make a statement because Lauren was pressuring her, and even when Lisa said that the police were coming, Betsy seemed incredibly confused and stressed. 

Also, I actually think Lisa knows how nuanced the situation is deep down (she just thinks Dylan needs to face consequences which is not wrong), whereas I think Lauren just sees Dylan as another Joel and has formed her own narrative about how it happened rather than listening to what Betsy's said.

Her comments to Betsy have really been peeving me off, such as in the recent episode when she tells Betsy that Dylan needs to be locked up and that he's a sexual abuser. It feels like she talks over Betsy and doesn't hear her out at all. She's basically choosing to ignore what Betsy has said because it doesn't suit her narrative, and it feels like she's trying to pressure Betsy a bit.

For me, I wish there was a 'cookie crisp' style cereal that actually tasted like cookies! I don't love cereal tbf but I know I'd absolutely love this. And although this is the junk food finds subreddit, I wish that there were protein bars that actually tasted like tasty chocolate candy bars - almost all of the ones I've tried, even the ones that people say taste like candy bars, taste incredibly artificial and often have a weird texture. The ones that have a bit more crisp to them are better imo, but they're still so artificial tasting. I have PCOS and struggle with my protein intake, and I admit sometimes it'd be nice to have a nice chocolate bar that has some extra protein. (I tried the Barebells, Built, and Grenade ones and hated the lot).

I’m fairly new to Meta Ads and had a video ad running (as part of an adset) that generated an ad-created Reel/post, which started getting decent views, engagement and link clicks. I then made a minor edit to the ad and republished it, as I didn't realise that small edits change delivery/post ID. Meta then generated a newer post version/ID, and the new video ad now seems to be getting very little delivery compared with before. Meanwhile, the original reel seems to not be delivering to people anymore.

The original ad-generated Reel still exists in Business Suite Content, shows as published, and retains its views, engagement and link clicks. However, it was generated by the ad rather than posted organically.

Is there any way to put paid delivery back onto that exact original Reel/post? For example, can I boost the original ad-generated Reel, or reuse its post ID through “Use existing post” in Ads Manager, so that the same object keeps its existing engagement and social proof?

Or are ad-generated/dark Reel posts generally not reusable or boostable in that way, even when they still exist and show as Published in Business Suite?

Thanks! I've searched but can't find an answer.

The other day I was working on something with one of the chatbots for work. However, when looking through the conversation thread again this morning, I noticed that all of our chats in that thread from one specific afternoon (which were very helpful to me) had disappeared and the only chats left were smaller brainstorming chats before things got more detailed (and before they provided some helpful research). I don't know if this has happened to anyone else, but it is beyond frustrating! Next time I'll copy and paste the outputs straight away just in case. I maybe would understand it if it was a super lengthy conversation, but it wasn't even very long.

Honestly I don’t get some people….do they not feel embarrassed or guilty? I just finished a group assignment and one of my team members barely ever responded. She basically did nothing and didn’t even pretend to want to make an effort. She’d take forever to do the smallest things and we wouldn’t hear from her for ages even when she'd agree on doing something. We’d have to constantly remind her of the smallest things, and it made all of us feel sooo pushy. She’d never even offer to do anything! The previous lazy group members I had at least would offer to do things sometimes and ask if there’s anything to be done, whereas this person couldn‘t even be bothered to pretend to feel bad or make an effort.

I’d feel so embarrassed and guilty if I were her but she didn’t seem to. I’d say even in times where I’m very stressed and verging on potentially submitting things late, I always put my all in group assignments because I don’t want to let my other team members down. It’s one thing to be very lazy with your individual assignments (which she is as she apparently didn’t bother to submit the previous 2 assignments), but it‘s even worse in a group assignment in my opinion. I’m going to discuss this in my peer review because we were all so stressed trying to communicate with her and get her to do things.

In the trailer for the series, there’s a scene where Reuben is a prisoner and speaking to Niall. He says something like ‘I didn’t think I’d see you again.’ Reuben has almost the exact same hair cut as in the wedding timeline. I’m able to distinguish between the wedding timeline and the 2008 timeline because Reuben‘s hair is different in these timelines.

Maybe it is from 2008, before Reuben is released. But would Niall have visited him in prison during that time? They had a pretty blatant and extreme fall out and when Reuben gets out in this period Niall appears to be very worried about his safety, so I kinda thought the last time they would have seen each other, before Reuben’s release, was at the court house.

I might be wrong, but I wonder if the knife is a red herring and the cops end up interrupting the two and arresting Reuben for attacking Niall? Because we do see in the preview the cops trying to get in the shed. Orrr maybe Reuben goes back to prison sometime and Niall visits him around the wedding timeline and tells him about the wedding? And then Reuben gets out before the wedding or something, so then decided to attend.

What do ya’ll think is more likely?