ScottinSoCal 🇺🇦 🕊 🏳‍🌈 @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es

If you think the anti-drag laws don't target trans lives, look at the signs used against Watertown, WI Pride.
"No child is born in the wrong body" Signs brought by people standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Swastika-flag-waving Nazis.
Guess what? If you're on the same side as the Nazis, you're a Nazi. Being gay with it just makes you a gay Nazi. If you agree with this YOU ARE NOT IN MY TRIBE.

#Trans #Nazis

@actuallyautistic

The other day we were discussing how we respond when people ask how we're doing. This seems to fit in with that discussion.

If you're looking for something to watch relatively quickly (less than 5 hours, total) may I suggest The Book of Queer? It takes a peek under the layers of straightwashed history, in a funny way. Now streaming on Max (formerly HBO Max) I watched it this morning. I didn't regret it.

#LGBTQ #History

Seriously, don't. I saw this somewhere else, and it's just disgusting. I can't imagine the twisted mind that came up with this idea.

Why all the fuss over this Jason Aldean song?

I need something comfortable and soothing on in the background, while I work from the couch, so I'm watching FBI agent Audrey Parker help solve all the supernatural problems in a small seaside town in Maine. For the 87th time.

I don't usually dabble with Photoshop, but this had to be made for a response somewhere else. Now I'm releasing it into the wild, to let it spread (or not) as people decide. Tags, for the people who filter out:
#Twitter #Elon #Musk #ElonMusk

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After the last week, I needed a comfort movie. I don't care how many times I watch it, it always makes me feel better.

What do you watch to feel better?

I bought new carpet and install for parts of my house, and it was installed today. When they showed up, they looked at everything, the lead pulled me outside to show me the roll, and explained that carpet is only sold in full rolls - I'd paid for all of it, enough to also do the two spare bedrooms. He said if I wanted to pay him some extra - in cash - they'd also clear out those rooms and install it there. I'm sure it was so they could keep the cash and not cut their boss in.
OK, that's fine.

Oh, no. Pat Robertson is dead.

You know those holiday commercials, where there's a new car sitting in the driveway with a bow on it, and the recipient is over-the-moon thrilled? That's a lie. I bought a new car for hubs two weeks ago, got yelled at for it, even though it's exactly the car he said he wanted while we were car shopping, and it was a great deal, and I paid for it. Finally, yesterday, he admitted the car was great. And reminded me I should have asked him about it, first.

A girl graduating high school next week will come home from the beach later today and find that while she was out, her parents found and bought her a car. I no longer have a spare car taking up space in my driveway. The loan I got for the new EV will soon have a large payment made, to reduce the balance.
A good day for all of us, I think.

@actuallyautistic

An etiquette question:
How do people feel about posts in here being boosted? If I understand the whole Mastodon thing, boosting it puts it in front of anyone who follows my (as an example) posts and boosts. Many of them aren't associated with this #ActuallyAutistic mob. Is that OK? Is that a faux pas? I don't know what to think.

Well, my car was supposed to be repaired and delivered back to me last Tuesday, then last Friday, then yesterday, but good news! Someone finally unlocked it and opened the door! Maybe they'll start working on it now.

The number of Teslas parked at the vacant building near my work keeps going up. They now fill the parking lot, and they're parking them on the lawn. A mix of brand new and used. I'm at a complete loss why they're doing this, unless it's to create artificial scarcity at the dealerships.

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The hyperfocus thing can be a real benefit. I restored a 1978 Mercedes 450SL - a car I knew nothing about, except it was cute, and I wanted it. By the time I was done I was the forum subject matter expert for the Bosch D-Jetronic mechanical fuel injection system, the suspension, and the vacuum system (door locks, HVAC, a bunch of stuff).

#ActuallyAutistic

Plan B.

Success!

I'm mounting an EV charger in the garage. I had it marked, measured, leveled, the drill in hand and ready to go through the wall. Just before I pulled the trigger I mentally went through everything one last time.

Oh, wait. Yeah. That spot, just above the plug the electrician installed? That's where the main electrical panel for the house sits. Yeah, drilling through the wall there may not be the best path for continued health. Time for Plan B.

So today was busy, after the last week was busy. Took my 4 mile walk, took hubs over to get his old car detailed, did the Costco run, got home in time for lunch, walked over to Lowes and back, went to pick up the freshly detailed old car, stop for photos of same, list the old car for sale. Now a movie. Tomorrow I install (why the Lowes run) the charger for the new EV we bought, to replace old car.
I'm pooped.

#Busy #Tired

For those who don't already know, this is how a crow says "Human! It is time to deliver the roasted nut mix!"
#Birds #Crows #Corvids