Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

Get rid of that junk. The change in seasons means it’s time to swap out shirts for sweaters in your closet, reorganize and declutter items around your home. While it’s an annoying task to take on that you’ve most likely been putting off since the first sight of a pumpkin appeared this fall, luckily, home expert Robin Antill from 1st Choice Leisure Buildings shared an unexpected but easy hack for figuring out which items — both household things and clothes — you need to see bye to. “For one day, flip everyday items upside down, such as books, shoes, mugs, and even…

When someone at a United Federation of Teachers meeting put laminated photos of a female union rep who opposed UFT President Mike Mulgrew in men’s urinals with the words “PISS ON MY FACE!,” Mulgrew said he would have the disgusting act investigated. Four months later, the UFT claims it can’t flush out the culprit — and pissed-off critics call it a cover-up. “Regrettably, it is not possible to discern the identity of the person that placed the placard in the urinal,” Elizabeth DiMichele, a lawyer the UFT hired to conduct a probe concluded in an Oct. 8 email reviewed by…

The controversial president-elect of the Oxford Union — the world’s most prestigious debate club — once endorsed the claim that Queen Elizabeth perpetuated “genocide” and said he “hates” the famed organization he now leads, texts obtained by The Post reveal. George Abaraonye, an Oxford University student who became infamous after he celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk just months after the two debated, claimed in leaked WhatsApp text messages that he only sought the presidency of the vaunted Oxford Union because of “hate.” George Abaraonye, 20, is an Oxford University student and president-electof the Oxford Union, the world’s most prestigious…

The knives are out. Britney Spears and Kevin Federline are in an all-out war after the father of her two kids has unearthed sharp claims in his memoir, “You Thought You Knew” (out Tuesday) — alleging his ex-wife was physically and verbally violent with their sons and even used cocaine while breast-feeding. Federline, 47, writes that he walked into a dressing room at his album-release party in 2006 to find “Britney and [a] young starlet friend snorting a fat line of coke off the table …They didn’t even try to hide it.” At the time, their son Sean Preston (who…

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) condemned a recent sanction by the government of Indonesia against Israel’s national gymnastics team.  The Indonesian government denied the Israelis visas to enter the country for the upcoming 53rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, which begins Sunday. “The IOC’s principled position is very clear: All eligible athletes, teams and sports officials must be able to participate in international sports competitions and events without any form of discrimination from the host country, in accordance with the Olympic Charter and the fundamental principles of nondiscrimination, autonomy and political neutrality that govern the Olympic Movement,” the IOC’s statement said.  “It…

LOS ANGELES — From highly-touted arrival to Roki sensation, the Dodgers are just now receiving top results from their newest Japanese star. Roki Sasaki has settled nicely into the closer’s role for a team that has endured bullpen angst this season. Sasaki, who began the year as a starter, entered Friday’s Game 4 series-clinching victory for the Dodgers with a 1.29 ERA and three saves in as many opportunities in six relief appearances this postseason. He recorded the final three outs in a non-save situation to send the Dodgers back to the World Series. The Dodgers began grooming Sasaki for…

All that’s missing is bubble wrap. The Knicks are doing everything possible to keep the oft-injured Mitchell Robinson healthy, sitting him for a good portion of the preseason. It continued in the exhibition finale Friday night against the Hornets — a 113-108 Knicks victory — with Robinson healthy but inactive. Load management is nothing new in the NBA, and the Knicks figure to utilize it more under new coach Mike Brown than former coach Tom Thibodeau. “If it was a regular game or a playoff game, to my understanding Mitch was going to play,” Brown said. Brown said that Casey…

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro recalled to “The Breakfast Club” in a new interview how he tried to deliver then-President Joe Biden bad news about the election before Biden dropped out of the race. Nearly a year after the 2024 election, which was seen as a reckoning for Democrats, the party is still trying to make sense of where they have gone wrong in recent years. Shapiro, who presents himself as a moderate for the party who goes out of his way to engage with conservatives, spoke candidly about his sober warnings to Biden when Biden was still the de facto 2024 Democratic nominee. “I…

There has been plenty of talk about whether or not the Dodgers’ loaded team — with a nearly $400 million payroll — is a detriment to the game of baseball. But Dave Roberts doesn’t care about the critics. In fact, the manager had a sharp message for them after the Dodgers clinched the NLCS with a 5-1 win in Game 4 over the Brewers. “Before this season started, they said the Dodgers are ruining baseball,” Roberts said to the remaining Dodger Stadium crowd after the series sweep. “Let’s get four more wins and really ruin baseball!” A year after they…

TORONTO — Rookie Egor Dëmin finally made his debut Friday. The Nets and their fans had to be happy with what they saw.  After Dëmin missed training camp and most of the preseason with a foot injury, the teenager got his first taste of NBA competition. He looked like he belonged — and like the best of the Nets’ trio of first-round point guards.  “He was excellent,” coach Jordi Fernández said after a 119-114 loss to Toronto. “There’s going to be things he’s going to keep working on. We’ve got to keep building him up physically to be able to…