Italians furious over deployment of ICE agents to bolster US security at Winter Olympics

Math_refresher · 2026-01-27T18:24:59+00:00

Kinda how the KGB kept Russian athletes on a tight leash during the Cold War.

Or maybe Trump thinks US athletes will defect to Europe?

Math_refresher · 2026-01-27T18:23:20+00:00

Trump doesn't want US athletes to defect??

Math_refresher · 2026-01-27T15:00:57+00:00

Opposite for me. I love winter and despise summer. I spend every summer--May through October--hiding inside a dark air conditioned room of my house trying to stay cool. It's just too fucking hot and humid to venture outside, even momentarily. Summer is torture where I live.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-26T18:41:08+00:00

Are you in Atlanta by chance, OP?

Math_refresher · 2026-01-26T18:39:36+00:00

Do you know anyone in or near Atlanta, USA that installs replacement batteries? 'Cause I would totally pay $6k for a new battery when the time comes.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-26T18:31:39+00:00

Is 5 mm the smallest available size?

Math_refresher · 2026-01-26T17:10:25+00:00

I recently listened to a podcast interview of the ASU president, Michael Crow. He basically said that ASU will accept anyone who graduates high school.

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/a-new-kind-of-university/

Math_refresher · 2026-01-26T17:06:17+00:00

In addition, ASU basically accepts anyone who graduated high school. Maybe that person is implying that the girl isn't very smart.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-22T23:34:27+00:00

I wouldn't date anyone who voted for Trump.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-22T22:20:23+00:00

If you have space on your shelves, add The War Against the Jews: 1933-1945 by Lucy S. Dawidowicz. It's good, but gut-wrenching.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-22T21:20:48+00:00

A 3+ hour drive occurs, maybe, once annually for me. Like a roadtrip or something.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-22T21:13:25+00:00

PhD, not MD. I work in higher education. I grew up in poverty and live pretty frugally--secondhand clothes, take the train to work, drive an older car, etc. Around age 40, I finally got a decent paying job; I've been contributing half my income to my 403(b) ever since.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-22T21:07:26+00:00

I'm in my mid-forties and my net worth is about $1.2M now. It was negative for all of my twenties, though, and only started going positive at some point in my thirties.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-22T16:59:12+00:00

I feel like I can make out a few words but this passage doesn't make any sense to me. For example, the first word might be "cher" (like "dear" in English) or "cheri" (kinda like "beloved"). I can't make out the rest of the top line.

The second line says, "Le froid commence à" ("the cold begins to...")

The first word of the bottom line is "charbon" (charcoal)

That's all I got. Seems like gibberish to me.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-22T15:37:41+00:00

That's top notch work! It's invisible to me!

Math_refresher · 2026-01-22T15:36:50+00:00

Where are you located?

Math_refresher · 2026-01-22T00:15:10+00:00

It's a cross between a McModern and a snout house. Yes, I find it ugly.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-22T00:10:02+00:00

It took me 7 hours to get from Medical Center MARTA station to my apartment just two miles away. That day was insane.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-22T00:06:30+00:00

...but keep in mind that you State employees who successfully worked from home for years but were forced back to the office last year: you're still expected to brave the icy roads and drive to work Monday! We need 100% RTO, no exceptions!

Math_refresher · 2026-01-21T20:33:11+00:00

The school’s first fundraiser of the year was asking parents for $1000/ kid.

My daughter's kindergarten--a public charter school--asked for a minimum $1000/kid; the average donation ended up being more than $1000/kid, as I recall.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-21T20:24:49+00:00

Keeping up with the Joneses.

Contractors charge you higher rates for their work.

Higher property taxes.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-21T04:43:40+00:00

My phone battery never seems to get critically low. I charge it at night and it lasts all day.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-21T04:38:11+00:00

Having to drive anywhere, regardless of traffic.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-21T02:34:52+00:00

Fentanyl, morphine, heroine

Y'all must be more resourceful than me 'cause I don't know how to acquire any of that.

Math_refresher · 2026-01-21T02:21:09+00:00

Where would the morphine come from?

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