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Jayhawk mathematician, mom of πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈkid, ArmyVeteran 98GRU, YIMBY, procycling fan, support DREAMERS, transit nerd, I wear-a😷, COVID competent shield for my longcovidspouse carfreebychoice 福岑 πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅πŸ—ΎπŸ’™πŸ“šπŸŒ±πŸͺ΄San Diego, LawrenceKS, Kailua, Oxnard

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VICTORIAN SLUM HOUSE - YouTube VICTORIAN SLUM HOUSE takes viewers back to the British slums of the 1800s, where a group of modern day families, couples and individuals recreate life in Lon...

Reposting this video series: what Rs want is Victorian slumhouse

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08.10.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I once complimented a guy on his great Clockwork Orange costume to which he replied I always dress like this.

08.10.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do they have a Medigap plan? Ours is not going up but we have a plan through our state retirement system so it’s been well negotiated. Have no idea what is going to happen on the open market.

08.10.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I swear someone sold us all to the Devil for that Cubs win even though my dad was so excited about it.

08.10.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Meme of girl waving arms and talking loudly into guy’s ear as his eyes glaze over.

Meme of girl waving arms and talking loudly into guy’s ear as his eyes glaze over.

On the walk to Ralph’s this AM: Me explaining to spouse β€œcontroversy”over The Life of a Showgirl album and why aren’t there roller rinks where we can skate to Opalite? Pretty sure his eyes were similarly glazed over. #tloas #taylorswift

08.10.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And yikes, numbers! Hate it when I have to do numbers lol.

08.10.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your Life is a giant word problem. Said this many times in class.

08.10.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Dad prior to 2016 election: This will be the best election of my life. I will either be witness to 1st woman president or die soon if the other guy wins. In 2017 he asks: Do I need to hide refugees in the attic? Decided to throw in the towel, went into hospice, died 2 mos later. I am glad and sad

08.10.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! I keep saying this

08.10.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Total respect! Spouse and I used to take math enrichment activities into the public schools and were exhausted after just one day! Then we changed it up and started bringing the kids to the university for math awareness week every year and I don’t think we ever had more fun.

08.10.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Even people on Medicare pay: $185 deducted from Social Security, $310 for Medigap with dental, cheapest drug plan $30 with big deductible, so $500 per month each. Nobody who has only SS income is paying that, they go without supplemental.

08.10.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of man drinking on the back of a bear. 
Text: Prineville man arrested for DUl After Riding a Bear on hwy 26 near Mitchell, OR. - A man from rural Crook County was arrested late Saturday after being caught on police body cam riding a full-grown grizzly bear while drinking from a bottle of vodka.
According to the Crook County Sheriff's Office, the incident occurred on Highway 26 just outside the Crook County boundary. The man, identified as 38-year-old local "outdoors enthusiast" Lars McCready, was reportedly "traveling eastbound on a bear at approximately 7 miles per hour with a visible open container."
Body cam footage shows McCready wearing a fur hat and striped shirt, appearing unconcerned as an officer approached. "I told him to dismount the animal," the deputy's report reads, "but he said, quote,
'It's fine, he's the designated walker!
The bear, described as "surprisingly cooperative but unimpressed," was released back into the wild after the encounter. McCready, however, faces multiple charges including DUI, wildlife endangerment, and "operating an unlicensed mode of transportation."
When asked for comment, a Oregon Department off Fish & Game spokesperson simply sighed and said, "We've seen a lot, but this is new."
Footage was obtained from OSP under the state's public record law and can confirm that while the bear didn't say anything, it definitely looked disappointed.

Photo of man drinking on the back of a bear. Text: Prineville man arrested for DUl After Riding a Bear on hwy 26 near Mitchell, OR. - A man from rural Crook County was arrested late Saturday after being caught on police body cam riding a full-grown grizzly bear while drinking from a bottle of vodka. According to the Crook County Sheriff's Office, the incident occurred on Highway 26 just outside the Crook County boundary. The man, identified as 38-year-old local "outdoors enthusiast" Lars McCready, was reportedly "traveling eastbound on a bear at approximately 7 miles per hour with a visible open container." Body cam footage shows McCready wearing a fur hat and striped shirt, appearing unconcerned as an officer approached. "I told him to dismount the animal," the deputy's report reads, "but he said, quote, 'It's fine, he's the designated walker! The bear, described as "surprisingly cooperative but unimpressed," was released back into the wild after the encounter. McCready, however, faces multiple charges including DUI, wildlife endangerment, and "operating an unlicensed mode of transportation." When asked for comment, a Oregon Department off Fish & Game spokesperson simply sighed and said, "We've seen a lot, but this is new." Footage was obtained from OSP under the state's public record law and can confirm that while the bear didn't say anything, it definitely looked disappointed.

Prineville culture? (Disclaimer: we have family from Prineville, not this guy tho)

08.10.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t wait for this nonsense to end.

08.10.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Who are the winners?
Richard Robson is a professor at the University of Melbourne in Australia, where he has taught since 1966.
Susumu Kitagwa received his Ph.D. in 1979 from Kyoto University in Japan, where he now teaches.
Omar M. Yaghi received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley

Who are the winners? Richard Robson is a professor at the University of Melbourne in Australia, where he has taught since 1966. Susumu Kitagwa received his Ph.D. in 1979 from Kyoto University in Japan, where he now teaches. Omar M. Yaghi received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley

They got another one! ( I only was at Berkeley 2 years β€”not a good fitβ€” but can I still be proud!)

08.10.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good to know, though my friend did not do this for tax reasons at all. He didn’t want to be American anymore.

08.10.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree!

08.10.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am too old and tired for this big a change but I say go for it.

07.10.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t get it either. MAGA hates her already. I am happy for the distraction. I am now going to go back to crying at all the Ruin the Friendship videos on TikTok.

07.10.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A friend of mine moved to Germany for grad school, stayed to work, renounced US citizenship and now has EU passport.

07.10.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The vinyl album and cd for Taylor Swift The Life of a Showgirl, green cover Ophelia version

The vinyl album and cd for Taylor Swift The Life of a Showgirl, green cover Ophelia version

This just arrived and I find out the parents of my favorite Swiftie have banned Taylor Swift from the house because MAGA something or other. I am heartbroken and now I don’t have anyone to share the excitement with. I will save up all the swag and give it to her when she grows up. #tloas

07.10.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Asthma is the easiest to claim. Nobody questions that.

07.10.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ProFi for your nose. CPC mouthwash for your mouth.

07.10.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We usually go in summer, but I went went once in Octoberβ€”like 9 years ago? The year of the flooded Max trains and tons of rain.

07.10.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh man, I miss PDX!

07.10.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

B-school part time lecturer, math professor, music and dance professor.

(Spouse voted for Spanish professor for the 3rd one)

07.10.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When I was in 5th grade in Kailua,HI, I was a JPO= Junior police officer = crossing guard. We had big ass signs on long poles that we held out over a lane of traffic. Probably wouldn’t work today. They’d mow down the 10 year olds.

07.10.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
X post by Cal Football: four pictures of Cal football helmets with new stickers Celebrating 59 Nobel Prize winners

X post by Cal Football: four pictures of Cal football helmets with new stickers Celebrating 59 Nobel Prize winners

Three scientists whose experiments proved that the strange rules of quantum mechanics can govern ordinary electrical circuitsβ€”a discovery that later made quantum computers possible-were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honored John Clarke of the University of California, Berkeley, Michel Devoret of Yale University, and John Martinis, formerly of Google's Quantum Al lab, "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit”

Three scientists whose experiments proved that the strange rules of quantum mechanics can govern ordinary electrical circuitsβ€”a discovery that later made quantum computers possible-were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honored John Clarke of the University of California, Berkeley, Michel Devoret of Yale University, and John Martinis, formerly of Google's Quantum Al lab, "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit”

They maybe should have waited a week. Still a few mores prizes to announce. #CalBears

07.10.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh geez I have one last trip to Denver to make at the end of the month but I hear that’s a mess already.

07.10.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes yes yes. Even Riverfront Park Spokane has the streets going over the park not through it.

07.10.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A framed print of John Everett Millais’ painting of Ophelia hanging over a piano with a display of Christmas decor

A framed print of John Everett Millais’ painting of Ophelia hanging over a piano with a display of Christmas decor

Dug out this picture because My husband totally forgot I had this print hanging over the piano back in my pre-Raphaelite obsession days. I dragged him around the country to see paintings from this era. There is a Rosetti at KU which started the whole thing.

It was meant to be #TLOASG #BoomerSwiftie

07.10.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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