Happy Friday, hexbears!

A short mega today, since I just noticed one has not yet been posted.

Paul Erdos was an extraordinarily prolific mathematician, who produced contributions to mathematics that continue to astound today in terms of both quantity and quality.

I read this in his wikipedia bio, and thought it was interesting:

Possessions meant little to Erdős; most of his belongings would fit in a suitcase, as dictated by his itinerant lifestyle. Awards and other earnings were generally donated to people in need and various worthy causes. He spent most of his life traveling between scientific conferences, universities and the homes of colleagues all over the world. He earned enough in stipends from universities as a guest lecturer, and from various mathematical awards, to fund his travels and basic needs; money left over he used to fund cash prizes for proofs of "Erdős problems". He would typically show up at a colleague's doorstep and announce "my brain is open", staying long enough to collaborate on a few papers before moving on a few days later. In many cases, he would ask the current collaborator about whom to visit next.

Erdos is also believed to have been asexual and aromantic. :hexbear-aromantic:

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  • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
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    2 years ago

    My wife will put me in the doghouse if I go to the NRA protest. Hope everyone's having a better day than me. lol

    Becoming an Anti-wife comic where all my jokes are about my wife not letting me run a protracted people's war against the united states.

    There's something to be said about becoming politicized after you are obligated to others...it sucks.

      • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
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        2 years ago

        she is worried that I'm gonna die. Basically because the NRA crowd is all trumpers, january 6th, fascists. She says all it's gonna take is one person in the crowd pushing the wrong dude and then pandemonium. Which, you know she is not wrong, but that's a personal risk I was willing to take. Even with my wife and kids at home. But she doesn't see it as praiseworthy.

        I think I'm gonna meet up with the people I was going to meet up with and drop off the food and water I had packed. Give them my info if they get arrested and need to be picked up.

        But honestly it sucks.

          • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
            ·
            2 years ago

            I think i need to start looking for more ways to help and become part of my local community cause this is just getting worse.

              • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
                ·
                2 years ago

                I am from Venezuela so I've watched the effects of American foreign policy, so you wouldn't catch me fleeing anywhere until this country has utterly collapsed or become isolated.

                • Quimby [any, any]M
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                  2 years ago

                  This is honestly such a good point that constantly gets over looked.

                  "If America sucks so much, why do people want to come here"

                  You even hear that talking point a lot from immigrants, especially Cuban immigrants.

                  And the answer is, America is doing its best to destroy the rest of the world. Don't confuse "higher living standards" with "morally rotten to the core."

                  America only has higher living standards than the global south because of imperialism.

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I suppose going to the protest strapped and armored would be kind of gauche.

    • DinosaurThussy [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      I really feel this. It’s hard to not validate those worries, either. We put our kids in car seats even though any given ride is unlikely to end in a crash. So much of safety is a numbers game, especially while raising kids. So why would a protest be any different? It’s easy to say that sacrificing for the cause is worth it, but getting trampled and forgotten by all but your closest friends and relatives is hardly dying for the cause. And if you’re raising your kids to be critical and compassionate and to fight for justice, that is likely worth more than any single protest attendance.

      I’m still wrestling with the idea that I may never be a frontline soldier, so to speak. I would gladly open up my home to a comrade in need. I would gladly coordinate communications and gather information. I already give financial support to various orgs and am a member of a couple committees. I know I can be useful. But maybe there’s just a part of me that romanticizes the violence and feels bad for not attending more protests. Time off work and distance from protests has also played a factor but still

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Isn't the NRA pretty much toothless now after several lawsuits and schisms? I figured the GOP had moved way to the right even of them?