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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 3h

LEGO and I have a tempestuous relationship - because I'm incapable of stopping at a reasonable time

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 3h

Flahrs!

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 3h

Back to .500!

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 10h

I promise, Tblisi, that I will never tell you anything about my nipples unless you explicitly ask first, and perhaps not even then.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 12h

And that's before you get to the fact that Ruth didn't have to play against any black, Hispanic, or SE Asian players.

The entire league was made up of players in Ruth's time was restricted to a racial makeup players that currently are less than 2/3rds of MLB players.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 12h

Rings is a completely fucking worthless comparison, and weakens any other argument you make by including it.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 12h

I STILL won't say the Y-word out loud. Don't need that bad juju on me.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 12h

Mackey Sasser got got, too. Catcher who couldn't throw it back to the pitcher. Unlike Rube Baker, he didn't figure out how to beat it until he was out of the game.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 16h

I'm glad you get to celebrate just how you like, you deserve it!

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 16h

Breaking out the (sandwich) porn early on your birthday, eh?

Hot DAMN that looks good.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 16h

That was essentially the discussion the last time around!

Only they didn't have the stones to talk to me, they went to the principal. He came down, I showed him the quote, I showed the included citation to the USCCB, and I went to the link on my computer. He chuckled and left.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 16h

a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting down and saying `` alright , i 'm gonna go cry . ''

ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting down and saying `` alright , i 'm gonna go cry . ''

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 16h

Oh, you better believe those would've been PLASTERED up there.

Especially after I got clearance for posting actual USCCB quotes on social justice 8-ish years ago.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 16h

Only the actual quote, not Tarantino's misquote(which is less hardcore and worse than the actual...)

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 16h

Blurgh.

"They have removed all my ability to be creative in your testing, so I will channel all of that into your punishment"

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 17h

I have imbibed in quite a few countries AND have multiple tattoos, and none of them are Nazi tats.

(In fact, one is directedly anti-Nazi, because Polock heritage)

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 17h

Fantastic!

I used to give the speech of "any adjustments to the scoring are based on the entire score distribution, so any help you give other classes hurts your grade."

I also had different versions for each class - swap a cos for a sin here, an exponential for a logarithmic there, etc.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 17h

I have been lucky enough to read an advanced copy of this, and it really is phenomenal!

But, you better make sure you've got the full back story, and you gotta buy "The Hunter's Daughter," too.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 1d

Week 9 picks are now available! You can join in even at this late in the season, just DM if you're not interested in logging in to BDT.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 1d

Crushing.

And fucking cheater-ass Springer, too.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 1d

My first year at my old school was the year they switched from pension to 401K. But the calendars were off, so I got ~4 months of pension contributions before the switch.

The last notice I got before they let me switch all my money over was that my pension would be $0.10/month when I turned 65.

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 1d

By fans around the country, by other coaches, or by players?

I think Cignetti is pretty well enjoyed by fans around the country, but I'm think other coaches dislike him more.

On the other side of the coin, I think Ryan Day gets a lot of shit from fans, but other coaches largely like him

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 1d

The kids would stash his classroom copies up there sometimes.

Other times, they'd put them in the back seat of the car of the aforementioned book returner, because his car was so old and busted the door locks didn't work.

They "friendly tortured" me (birthday celebrations, calling me "Dad", etc.)

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 1d

About 4 months into my job here (QA Statistician, I get to be obnoxious with math), I went to my director with a "sorry to be a PITA about this, but..."

She cut me off at that point and said, "don't apologize for that, that's what we hired you to do."

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Banach Space Program @banachspaceprogram.bsky.social · 1d

I said, "You know, [Asshole's Name], I have all those AP History kids the next period in AP Calc BC, and I've never had an issue with them. Been that way for like five or six years now."

And then the whole table stared as he sputtered.

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