grysbok @ grysbok @lemmy.sdf.org

I'm a systems librarian in an academic library. I moved over the Lemmy afte

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I'm not sure. A quick audit of my clothing says Peru, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Poland, and China.

I'm also not sure how the tariffs will end up.

Clothing, but, tbh, I expect that need to be flexible. I personally could ride out a few years just repairing my items. Pants are what I expect to run out of first--the bottoms give out and that is beyond my repair skills.

I have a few more bags of coffee than I normally would, because caffeine makes things better and we don't grow that here. I have a bit of chocolate.

I really don't know what will be in short supply. I didn't want to hoard stuff I won't use, but I don't want to run out of stuff I need.

I've played it and it's enjoyable without paying--I've not felt a need to pay to win.

Edit: but omg, don't get sucked into the micro transactions rabbit hole. It's not worth it. I haven't paid a dime for IN and I won't, I can't afford to start that habit.

My friend, also naturalized and from Venezuela, knows he's not safe. We've talked. It sucks.

Can't fool me, that's clearly a pile of Twizzlers around an empty filament spool.

/me looks up bash's case...of

Oh no.

I think they were delayed, except for China. But it is hard to keep up.

I did that last month at a new-to-me grocery store. Saved $5! Jenny needs to use her gas points, though. She has a ton.

What's your pain med of choice? I like children's chewable ibuprofen because I already have too many pills to swallow.

Why not share it with teacher?

Lucky! My local DMV doesn't take people without an appointment, and the only way to make an appointment is online. If you try over the phone they'll tell you to ask the nice people at the local library to help you.

Btw, they didn't tell the library about this policy. As a librarian, I do not like being an extension of the DMV, but I try and help my patrons. Including the dickhead that argued for the defunding of the library but now needs help making an appointment.

I don't think you understand what the Census is in the United States.

Every 10 years, each household gets a long form to fill out. In it, you voluntarily list a ton of information about your household members. If you don't fill it out people (census workers) come around and try and get this information in person.

The census is only as accurate as the people filling it out.

Seriously. We don't even know how old the poster is, just that their dad is 48.

I was 20 when my dad was 48. I was in college and was only 'home' over the summers and winter break (when the dorms closed). My brother was 15. I don't think it'd be reasonable to tell either of us to move out just because the adults in our lives were a tad indiscrete.

Agreed. I wouldn't interrupt their fun, but I'd mention it to my dad some time when the girlfriend wasn't around. I'd send an email or text if I felt too embarrassed/shy to say anything face-to-face. "Hey, Dad. Just FYI the walls are really thin in this apartment and I can hear what you two get up to."

I'd also look into earplugs. Earplugs + bone conductive headphones could be a good work around. I'm a fan of Shokz, but other brands exist.

My impression at the time was the superintendent acted on his own. Not even the board of education was involved, and they weren't happy to be blindsided.

My guess is the

1. superintendent had a student in that grade,
2. student came home with new textbook,
3. superintendent saw the 'blasphemy' in the new-that-year textbooks,
4. superintendent was his own Karen.

Western Kentucky in the 90s. . There was a ton of weird stuff at that public school. I went far away for college and am glad for it.

Edit: Better link/source

I wish autism was a "get out of taxes free" card.

Walks up to checkout counter. 7% sales tax? I think not, my good computerized checkout clerk. I have the autism.

As an academic, it's a tad heartening to see institutions not rolling over.

My college talks a good talk but hasn't been tested yet.

In middle school our new science textbooks were recalled the first week of school. The textbooks discussed (horrors!) the big bang theory without also talking about the theistic theory. The books were returned with those pages rubber cemented together. The teachers were upset (upset enough that middle-school me noticed), but it was by order of the superintendent.

My parents got me a copy of A Brief History of Time in response. Also, rubber cement is fairly easy to pry apart.

I think you're saying that we/I in the USA still see/have the trappings of normalcy: ads for BB&B, our Amazon packages are still delivered, we still have our treats.

Y'all outside of the USA don't care about our treats. Y'all's news is showing all the human rights erosions and ignoring that I got new prescription glasses by mail just 2 business days after ordering them (what a successful and stable country this must be/s!).

(sidenote, maybe prescription glasses aren't treats, but I'm very excited because my prescription has changed and maybe I will stop with these eye strain headaches)