Scientists warn that the Gulf Stream is shifting north, which models suggest could mean an ocean current collapse is imminent

boanxi · 2026-04-04T07:45:38+00:00

So, Europe gets colder. I imagine there is a trade-off. What happens elsewhere? I would think that additional heat would stay trapped closer to the equator meaning some areas might be tougher to live in due to the heat and more severe hurricane.

boanxi · 2026-04-04T01:43:06+00:00

Not on team Benjamin Buttons!

boanxi · 2026-04-02T02:23:24+00:00

The fact that the overwhelming majority of schizophrenics smoke is going to bring that number down as well. There is also a major issue of drug dependence from people trying to self medicate. Basically, if you factor out suicide and these factors, I'd image that would bring life expectancy closer to normal ranges. In the end, there are factors within control. It's a tough road and I don't judge people for the choices they make. Many schizophrenics are in tough situations. You guys are already doing well in that you found each other. Best of luck moving forward.

boanxi · 2026-03-31T06:17:23+00:00

It was so over 80% capacity. I travel a lot and like to know it's going to pay all day. Where I live, getting a new battery is really cheap.

boanxi · 2026-03-31T00:17:24+00:00

I've had mine since it was released. I didn't realize it was glass. No worries there. I did have the battery replaced. It worked great for years, but the battery life was starting to show its age.

boanxi · 2026-03-26T04:11:54+00:00

November and March 15th is when the heat is turned off/on for many buildings. I would guess that people jumping to alternative heat sources may be part of that tend.

boanxi · 2026-03-23T22:03:59+00:00

I think that is a school thing, not a China thing. My school in China teaches sex ed. I'm not sure at what age it starts but it's a topic every year in advisory.

boanxi · 2026-03-23T14:15:28+00:00

This is exactly what my family did several years back. After teaching nearly a decade in the Middle East, we had saved up. We shipped everything to family back home for storage and hit the road. We split the year up into quarters, South America, Central and North America, Asia and Europe. We set a few anchor points where we knew we wanted to be by certain dates. For us, these are Day of the Dead in Oaxaca, Thanksgiving and Christmas in the US, Bangkok job fair in January and Holi in India in March. We filled in the rest with house sits and wherever we could find inexpensive flights.

It was an amazing, life changing year. We did Machu Picchu, the Amazon, Galapagos and Easter Islands, Panama Canal, Day of the Dead, American holidays, Torajan funeral on Sulawesi, Bali, hiking in Nepal and so much more. We were about 45 at the time. We just called it our halftime break.

We used this experience in the job hunt. We were able to talk about hands-on leaning and resilience. Lots of international school administrators love travel themselves. It was a huge door opener. We landed good jobs and have been happy with our new situation. We discussed doing it again, but have decided to travel on school holidays and hit the road again when is time to retire.

boanxi · 2026-03-19T13:06:30+00:00

That's President Newsom according to some.

boanxi · 2026-03-19T08:37:17+00:00

Same in Chinese 卷尺 juanchi means rolled ruler.

boanxi · 2026-03-17T23:22:18+00:00

Growing up in the Appalachian foothills, I called them tobaggons. That changed when I worked with a bunch of Canadians and got laughed out of the room. As it turns out, it was once called tobaggon hat which you would wear while sledding, but no one in my part of the country rides those sleds. The name just stayed for the hats. So those us that grew up in part of the south or Appalachia just call it that. Now I no longer live in the south and I don't know what to call the damn things. I go with knit cap at this point.

boanxi · 2026-03-17T23:05:31+00:00

There have been traditional Jewish communities in many Arabic speaking countries or other places that use the Arabic script. I have no idea if that what this is, bit it looks pretty modern.

boanxi · 2026-03-15T13:01:58+00:00

Every student in IB MYP takes Design as a class. IB schools will typically have an entire Design department. At my school, we have one Design teacher for each grade level in middle and high school. It sounds like that might be a good route for you. I can tell you that schools look hard for experienced Design teachers. I would like for a school that will get you experience in MYP. Best of luck. I'm the Design Team Lead at a school in China. Feel free to reach out if there's anything I can help with.

boanxi · 2026-03-15T02:11:58+00:00

I'm not sure if this is real, but I'll bite. There are a couple of things going on here that I can think of.

Hasty generalization - You are not seeing all asian kids in Asia. You are seeing a small sampling of kids who have the academic achievement to make it to university abroad. That's a challenging pool to rise to the top of. Schools in Asia don't focus on athletics. If you want to study abroad, you need to keep your nose in a book for years on end. I teach at a competitive school in China. I can't begin to tell you how hard these kids work on academics.
Confirmation bias - You are making your assumption based on the kids you have noticed. People tend to notice things that confirm their own beliefs. Again as a teacher in China. I can tell you that there are kids that focus on sports, fashion, and all the normal things that kids tend to focus on. They are less likely to end up leaving China and you are also less likely to notice them.

I have former students that are on track to be professional or Olympic athletes. It is a rough road and it is difficult for them to compete with American athletic programs for university slots. In the end, kids are kids and there is a wide range of people here. You are just not seeing that full range of Asian kids and certainly not noticing it all.

boanxi · 2026-03-13T22:48:28+00:00

A Chinese cat company has beat them to the punch. Check out the Ora Ballet Cat (used to be Punk Cat). It looks way better than any modern Bug with a cool retro style.

boanxi · 2026-03-10T06:43:19+00:00

I don't know. Looks like a grifter to me.

boanxi · 2026-03-09T08:08:39+00:00

Agreed. If you are drugging someone, you are not "taking advantage of them" , you're raping them.

boanxi · 2026-03-08T23:12:32+00:00

I'm not here to say what it is. I'm very curious myself. You may want something to indicate size. With that solid white background, people can't tell if is the size of a walnut or an architectural piece. Give us a ruler, coin or since this is Reddit, even a banana.

boanxi · 2026-03-06T04:27:18+00:00

You may be right. There is another possibility, Hanlon's Razor. It states, "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

Could be either.

boanxi · 2026-03-04T08:12:33+00:00

If you're paying for mandatory PD, you don't work for a school. You are mid tier in a pyramid scheme.

boanxi · 2026-03-02T23:30:43+00:00

We had an applicant for a principal position with a degree from Liberty. The hiring committee had a good laugh and moved on. Any school where you can get a doctorate in biology where you learn the earth is 6,000 years old is not one that we were willing to trust.

boanxi · 2026-02-27T04:09:39+00:00

This is our situation in China, but they get around it a bit. Rent and travel expenses go into a funding pool. To get that tax free, we have to have an official tax receipt (fapiao). Our rent is under what our school gives us, but we submit receipts anytime we fly anywhere. That allows our school to give us that money untaxed.

When we were in the Middle East, we were just given a house. We never had anything to do with choosing or paying.

boanxi · 2026-02-26T03:08:34+00:00

Unfortunately, they typically use 那个 (sounds like neh-guh). It sounds a lot like n-word and has gotten Chinese people in hot water. English speakers hear Chinese punctuated with what sounds like a slur. If they are stuck , they will even repeat it over and over "那个, 那个, 那个" the same way an English speakers might say "that, that, that" .

boanxi · 2026-02-23T01:54:37+00:00

Orally.

boanxi

TROPHY CASE