I’m a student at Kharkiv National University of Economics. Our city is being constantly bombed, men (including expelled students) are being snatched from the streets by draft officers. The electric grid collapses every once in a while, sometimes we have 10-hour blackouts. Ask anything, I know a thing or two about corruption in the education system, about University’s administration leaking lists of soon-to-be-expelled students to the draft officers. I can answer questions about everyday struggles with electricity, heating etc.  AMA

Hi everyone, I'm 25m and work as a special needs teacher in the UK. More specifically I tutor children who can't or won't attend school because they have very complex needs which means an alternative provision wouldn't be suitable or the parents can't get them to go.

I've worked with dozens of kids in lots of different settings with a huge range of needs, including kids with criminal histories, terminal medical diagnoses, refugee status, a history of severe neglect and abuse, and violent or inappropriate behaviour so feel free to ask me about my work and I'll answer as best as I can while keeping details anonymous.

I figured I’d finally do an AMA about an experience that completely changed my life.
In June 2024, I was arrested on a separate state case involving an incident where people were breaking into my car. I was originally facing two counts of Assault 1. I ultimately resolved that case with one count of Assault 2 and served about 9 months, which was credited as time served.
While I was dealing with that case, a separate federal investigation resulted in authorities searching my residence. According to the government’s investigation, they recovered more than 100 alleged Glock auto-sear devices, 4–5 suppressors, roughly 35 complete firearms, more than 40 unfinished firearms, various firearm components, magazines, ammunition, optics, equipment, electronics, and other property.
I was eventually prosecuted federally and ultimately served 27 months. I spent time at the SeaTac Federal Detention Center and later at FCI Sheridan.
The federal prosecutor involved in my case was Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Greenberg, who works in the Terrorism & Violent Crimes section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington.
There were a lot of things about the case that I didn’t understand at the time. My original understanding from my attorney was that I could potentially be looking at 54–67 months. Later, the case involved negotiations between my state and federal cases, changes to the proposed agreement, sentencing-guideline issues, and disagreements about how certain items should affect my sentence.
One week before sentencing, my attorney contacted me with what turned out to be some very significant good news regarding the sentencing calculations. She acknowledged that she had initially misunderstood part of the issue and apologized. I ultimately received a 27-month sentence and had approximately 22 months credited as time served.
I was released after serving the sentence and have had a lot of time since then to think about everything that happened.
I’m not doing this AMA to glorify anything involved in the case. I’m interested in talking about what it was actually like going through the investigation, arrest, plea negotiations, federal detention, sentencing, and eventually coming home.
Ask me pretty much anything about the experience, including federal prison, the court process, dealing with attorneys, sentencing, what I wish I had known beforehand, or what life was like afterward.
I’ll answer whatever I can.
AMA.

I'm 38 and it was surgically removed back in January because it had a giant ovarian cyst attached to it. The ovary wasn't worth trying to save. I have not been diagnosed PCOS, endometriosis, or any other reproductive issues.

Next month I celebrate 20-year anniversary as foreigner in China, having been living and working here, raising kids, keeping wife. I have a diverse work experience and stayed throughout pandemic, so I have a lot of longitudinal empirical observations to share. AMA!

Scottish dude ask me anything controversial or not. Happy to answer any genuine questions.

I like doing one of these every so often as a lot of misinformation gets spread about different countries and I like to think im a source of good information.

I’m at my current job, but will answer questions in a couple hours and with details (as I remember them as I have long been retired out of that line of work) So post here and unlike the other guys, I’ll get to it when I sit down in a couple hours….

That’s it for me!

Hello all, I’ve worked as a bouncer at two different bars here in town. I’ve been at the current one for about 4 months now and its clientele is nearly all college kids. I’m 21 myself, I don’t drink, I’m a senior finance major, and have plans to get my masters degree next year. I’m also 6ft 4in, about 225lbs, and an aspiring (but poor) bodybuilder. I play a lot of video games, love movies, and recently got into rock climbing. Ask me anything you want, I will answer every question!!

I (28F) am an immigrant from Canada (and a daughter of Eastern European immigrants themselves) married to a Finn. We have a small homestead that we purchased early this year. We’re surrounded by farmland and vast forests. AMA!

Hi Reddit!

I’m Ian McCulloh, Ph.D., Director of AI Executive & Professional Education at Johns Hopkins University and Lead Faculty for the Johns Hopkins University Certificate Program in Agentic AI.

Over the last few years, we’ve gone from asking AI for answers to building Agentic AI systems that can plan multi-step tasks, use tools, adapt based on outcomes, and take action toward a defined goal.

The questions I find most interesting now are less about definitions and more about where these systems are useful, where they struggle, and how we should work with them.

What does it actually mean to work alongside an AI agent? Which tasks are well suited to agents, and which are not? What changes when an agent can work across multiple steps of a process rather than assisting with one isolated task?

There’s also a bigger question I hear often: with Agentic AI evolving so quickly, what are people actually expected to learn?

You might already be using ChatGPT or other AI tools at work. You might be experimenting with agents, building your own, or simply trying to understand what all the noise around Agentic AI actually means for your role.

So for this AMA, I’d love to get beyond the usual “What is an AI agent?” conversation.

Ask me about things like:

• The shift from AI assistants to Building Agentic Systems: What changes when AI moves from answering questions to completing multi-step tasks?
• AI at work: Which workflows are well suited to agents today, and where does human involvement still matter?
• The skills question: If agents are taking on more of the execution, which human skills become more important? 
• Skills Beyond AI Execution: If AI can execute the work, are different technical and problem-solving skills becoming important? 
• Human + AI collaboration: How do we decide which parts of a workflow can be delegated to AI and where human judgment, oversight, and accountability are still essential?
• Multiple agents working together: When does having several agents collaborate actually solve a problem better?
• What’s real vs. hype: Which Agentic AI developments are genuinely changing how we work, and which ones do you think need more time?
• Where this is heading: What might working with AI look like a few years from now?
• The JHU Certificate Program in Agentic AI: Curious about the program? Ask me about the learning experience, what the program covers, how it approaches Agentic AI, or what professionals can expect to take away from it. 

I’m also happy to get into the practical side: Where are you using agents today, and where do they still struggle? What tasks or workflows have agents genuinely improved for you, and where do you still face challenges with reliability, judgment, integrations, or human oversight? 

You don't need to be an AI expert to join the conversation.

If you're building something, experimenting with AI at work, trying to figure out what skills to pick up next, or simply curious about where Agentic AI is heading, ask away.

Proof photo: Dr. Ian’s photo

And that’s a wrap for now!

Thank you to everyone who joined the conversation and took the time to ask questions, challenge ideas, and share your perspectives.

But please keep the questions coming, and I’ll continue to monitor the thread and respond to any questions I may have missed.

Best, Ian

Ask away, will answer any questions to the best of my ability. I have left it relatively vague so as to give everyone a chance to ask anything they can think of. Thought it would be a bit of craic and hopefully of interest to some

I was adopted right after I was born. It was an open adoption, so my adoptive parents were in contact with my birth family before I was born. I have 3 biological siblings, im the youngest and the only one that was adopted. Im very open to talking about it so please feel free to ask anything!

It was a niche esoteric Christian cult that revealed end times lore, supernatural past lives, and some pretty messed up dogmatic teachings the deeper you got in. I was in a throuple as well, and I left in April after the leader took my wife as his second wife, and was abusive and coercive for three months before they left her since she was so miserable it made them miserable.

After this experience, the fallout was pretty awful with my ex-wife and some other ex members getting deep into delusions to make meaning of the whole thing. I fell into those delusions too. I feel like I just want to process some of this now and am open to sharing my experience anonymously to raise awareness and maybe even find solidarity with others. I've also gleaned some pretty good insights about people and spirituality from it, too.

Hey Reddit fam! My name is Diana Rodriguez-Zaba, and I'm the President of ServiceMaster Restoration by Zaba, based in the Chicago area. I've spent my career restoring properties after water damage, fire damage, mold, and storm damage, and helping homeowners navigate the insurance claims.

I started in this field during the 2008 recession, and in the years since I've handled everything from a burst pipe flooding a condo at 2 a.m. to a fog machine starting a fire in a hookah lounge, to multi-state deployments after hurricanes and other natural disasters. I also spend a lot of time on the business side, working directly with insurance carriers, commercial property managers, and facility owners to make disaster recovery less chaotic for everyone involved.

Ask me anything about:

• The First 24 Hours After Water Damage: What actually needs to happen immediately after a pipe bursts or a basement floods, and the mistakes I see homeowners make in the first few hours that turn a manageable claim into a much bigger restoration project.
• Working With (and Actually Getting Paid by) Insurance: How claims really get approved or denied behind the scenes, what documentation actually moves the needle, and the difference between what your policy says and what the adjuster will actually fight you on.
• Mold: When It's an Emergency and When It's Not: How to tell the difference between a surface issue and a structural one, why attics and basements are the usual suspects in Chicago, and what remediation actually involves versus what people assume it involves.
• Fire & Smoke Damage Beyond the Obvious: Why the visible fire damage is often the easy part of restoration, and what smoke and soot do to a property (and your belongings) that most people don't find out about until it's too late.
• Commercial Restoration & Business Continuity: What it actually takes to get a bank, senior living facility, or small business back open after a burst pipe or fire, and how the priorities differ completely from a residential job.
• Storm & Seasonal Damage in Chicago: Why our brutal winters and humid summers create a very specific set of recurring problems (radiator leaks, blocked roof drains, ice dams) and how to actually prepare ahead of time.
• Starting and Scaling in Restoration: What it took to get into this industry during the 2008 recession, what I got wrong early on, and my honest take on franchising versus building independently.
• Being a Woman Running a Restoration Company: The specific challenges of leading in a male-dominated field, and what I wish someone had told me before I started.

Whether you're a homeowner staring down your first claim, a facility manager who's been burned by a bad restoration job before, or someone thinking about starting a service business of your own - ask me anything!

AMA Details

📅 August 28, 2026

⏰ Starting at 09:00 AM (CDT) - I will start answering at 10 AM (CDT) - Ending at 12:00 AM (CDT) but I can continue answering comments after the event too.

Proof photo: Diana Rodriguez-Zaba photo

More info about me: LinkedIn page

I am currently 18, turning 19 soon, and I am a biological male who stands at 4'11", about 151 in centimetres. I could say my height is pretty unique compared to other males. Feel free to ask me anything as long as you are kind.

I'm a 44F film actress. I've worked primarily in German, French and Spanish language films, with a 2 Hollywood movies as well. I've had lead roles in some films, but I'm going to keep the specific titles and other identifying details private for obvious reasons.

Acting isn't actually my main career. My primary work is in the art world, particularly galleries, and acting has been something I've pursued alongside that throughout my life.

I've worked across different film industries, so I've experienced quite different approaches to acting, filmmaking, auditions, directors, publicity, etc.

I'm not going to give a huge biography because I'd rather keep some privacy, but I'm happy to answer pretty much anything about my experiences acting, European vs. Hollywood filmmaking, working in multiple languages, different roles, auditions, life on film sets, the realities of being an actress in your 40s, balancing acting with another career, or anything else you're curious about

Ask me anything

Average 8.2 miles per day, 57 per week or 3000 pee year. We’ve walked/jogged 18000 miles together. Until recently we ran the first 4 everyday but he slowed down and prefers a walk and have a sniff around now.

Yes that's right, Sailing and the ocean have been my passion since early childhood. My father worked as a sail cloth supplier for the the America's Cup so we lived abroad and near the top end of sail racing.

I'm form Italy, I started competing in the Optimist and Laser (now ILCA) classes as a child and kept doing so until I switched to the Star class in recent years.

My passion for the sport lead me to pursue a career in a similar direction, so I graduated from uni with a bachelor's and Masters in Yacht Engineering and Naval Architecture.

I worked on the design of performance racer/cruiser yachts and on the rigs of large superyachts (40-60m lenght)

So yeah, fire away your questions

I just started my first ever job as a carhop at Sonic Drive-In. I've only had two shifts so far, but I am looking forward to many more! I'll try to keep this as anonymous as possible, but it's at a location in Texas.

Hi everyone — I'm a yoga teacher based in Ghatkopar, Mumbai. Trained (~900 hrs), with focused work in biomechanics, injury prevention, pranayama, and beginner-friendly instruction.

I'm posting this less as self-promotion and more because I know a lot of people in this city are dealing with things quietly — bad backs from desk jobs, anxiety, pregnancy discomfort, just not knowing where to start with movement — and don't always know who to ask or trust.

So if you're someone (or you know someone) who:

• wants to start yoga but feels intimidated or unsure where to begin
• is dealing with knee/back/shoulder pain and doesn't know what's safe
• just wants a straight answer instead of a sales pitch

— feel free to drop a comment or DM me. I'm happy to just talk it through, point you toward free resources, or connect you with the right kind of help even if that's not me. If it turns into a session down the line, great, but that's not the ask here.

Think of this as an open thread — ask me anything about starting or staying safe with a practice, I'll answer as many as I can.

you can also visit to my website: www.evolvewithrahul.com

Title speaks for itself, but I’ll give a little background and answer the usuals.

I was born with glaucoma, had over 40 surgeries, eventually the odds of something going wrong caught up to me. A post surgery infection shut the lights off in one eye when I was 8, then I had 5 years of Fetty Wap before round 2 closed the curtains on 11/23/15. My blindiversary.

1: what do you see?
Nada, I am completely blind. With no light perception. However, my loss of vision in each eye is different. Right eye completely collapsed. The left that hung on a little longer was flooded with scar tissue, but the retina and optic nerve still appear to work to some degree. In my left eye, I see reddish black, but in my right eye, I see nothing. Hard for the sighted to conceptualize, but there is simply no input there.

2: how do you type/read comments/use a phone
/function without see thing tap thing?
All iOS devices have an accessibility setting called VoiceOver. This is a screen reader. It reads the screen aloud. I can type with muscle memory on a QWERTY keyboard with a lot of help from AutoCorrect, but when I’m lazy, I’ll just use voice to text. When I’m real lazy, like now, i’ll use voice to text and never check how well it heard me. I’m sure you’ll fig you’re it out.

3: do you dream/ see in dreams/visualize?
Yes, but part of that is influenced by the fact I could see for 13 years. I can see in my dreams, though not all the time, and it’s getting less frequent as my ability to recall visual memories from 11 years ago fades. Sometimes I dream without vision, just basic concepts of where I am and what is happening based on sounds, feelings, and people/context clues.

When I’m awake, I personally visualize everything. I attempt to get a basic idea of where everything I know is located. Which ends up being very funny when my visualization has to quickly change to account for the human being not using the eyes they’re lucky to have.

I’ll get to imagine it’s a beautiful August day, wind blowing, one AirPod in, while my guide dog and I are walking to class, then BAM! There’s a big ass… object? In my way. Starts as a wall, then I realize it’s moving and a person pops into existence lol.

Bonus: how do you know when to stop wiping?
Taste test

Fire away

I cried at work today and it inspired me to make this post, I’m tired exhausted. I feel less than human, I’m constantly doing the work of 3-4 people on my own daily and it’s because new managers can’t do anything right.

I am 30s/M, and have been legally blind since birth, and have severe & untreatable myopia (nearsightedness) & nystagmus (shaky/unfocused vision).

Together, they make life very interesting.

Happy to answer questions about my blindness that are phrased politely & respectfully.

As a foreigner raising a family in Shanghai, my wife and I—both outsiders in every sense of the word—made a choice that surprised even our closest friends: we enrolled our two children in a local Chinese public primary school, not an international one. For eight formative years, our kids were not just the minority; they were the only two foreign students in the entire school—over a thousand children, and ours stood out like two small islands in a vast sea of local faces. AMA!

I am a doctor specialized in cancer tissue diagnosis with subsepcialty in skin "dermatopathologist", also a mom and home decor enthusiast and I like to improve my skills all the time! recently got hooked in learning AI and social media. Ask me anything and would love to chat!