ScottinSoCal πΊπ¦ π π³βπ @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es
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So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.
Joined Nov 2022
This, this 1000x thisπ
This guys gets it. Do you?
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RT @JeromeAdamsMD
We focus on vaccination- yet ventilation is our largest ROI- yet least utilized mitigation tool. One in every classroom & store would save 100,000 lives, EZ.ππ½
The Homemade Air Purifier That's Been Saving Lives During the Covid-19 Pandemic | Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/homemade-air-purifier-thats-been-saving-lives-during-covid-19-pandemβ¦
https://twitter.com/JeromeAdamsMD/status/1607396152193720321
@elan @kayofthehill @chemoelectric @Gargron
I'm sure presenting the list is by design, but the way it's presented, and requiring the poster to choose something to make the list go away could probably work a little better. Like if there's a space after, clear away the list, it's no longer needed.
Today is the day American consumers return to the mall like turtles returning to the place of their birth.
My son gave his sisters, who are big fans of the movie, packs of 1986 Little Shop of Horrors trading cards/stickers we found in a vintage store. They loved themβand then talked him into eating the 37 year old gum they came with. He can generally handle pretty gross stuff (he's a nine year old boy, after all) but I've never before seen him run to the sink and wash his mouth out with quite so much urgency.
Thread on a wild yet not uncommon exchange today. I share as an anecdote of how embedded racism is in our society & how close it's tied to economics
A white guy named "Bill" age ~60 says to, "Where are you *from* from?"
Me: [sigh] I'm from Pakistan. [I go back to my phone]
Bill: Pakistan? What do you do for a living?
Me: Civil rights lawyer
Bill: I'm a lawyer too! But I stay away from race & women stuff. Last thing I need is to be called racist or accused of sexual harassment
Me: Huh?
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@QasimRashid
I was raised with racism - the genteel type that could get away with not calling itself that. I moved away from it when I was 18, started recognizing it in my early-20s, and now, 35+ years later, I still have to stop and think before I speak, in certain situations. It's insidious.
The *only* reason I've made what progress I have is people calling me on it, and pointing it out. Then I have to go away, be by myself a bit while I think it through from a different perspective.
@ScottSoCal You would get no argument from me.
@kayofthehill @chemoelectric @elan
In the web version I've found I can click in the text of the post somewhere, and the list of tags disappears, so I can type and post. But if there's more than one choice listed, it covers the button to post, and I can't click it till that list goes away.
Ben Shapiro is ranting about Glass Onion because it is such an effective poke in the ribs to Elon Musk.
By the way, I agree with the film's premise that making companies successful is not always correlated with intellect. In Musk's case it is clearly correlated with bravado & slippery ethics
I am always mindful that when it comes to intellectual deficit, the Republican lift doesnβt have access to the executive floors.
Thereβs no better example than support for Ukraine in their battle for survival. Only intellectually challenged Republicans would see military support as a poor investment.
It is bargain basement cheep to support another army to degrade the military assets of such a major adversary, without risking a single U.S. soldier. Alas itβs beyond the mental capacity of some.
@politicsusa46
For 5% of the US's total military budget, ~50% of Russian military capability has been wiped away, and without a single US military death.
We should quadruple that investment, and build Ukraine to a level Russia wouldn't dare put a toe over the border again.
Iβm at a pharmacy waiting for a prescription to get filled and wandering around.
It turns out that if you want to time-travel, you can just take a whiff of JΕvan Musk and you will find yourself stranded in 1987.
@TheRaDR
If I get a whiff of Grey Flannel cologne I'm transported to 1980, and making out with my first boyfriend at the drive-in theater.
It snows about 7-8 months a year in the north. I have to do this about 6-7 times in 24 hours when it snows. Now you can calculate how many times I remove snow from my deck every year. Good exercise, eh? Besides the winter workout, I am sending you love, warmth, joy, hope and positivity. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/B0JKNO2CgdU
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Hey, check it out, my wife just joined Mastodon. Go say hi to @PokeMom everybody!
The vile attacks on President Zelensky by MAGA are simply what anti-Semitism looks like.
@pivoinebleue@mstdn.social
Republicans in disarray!
@aprilkirby
Been there, felt that. I think everyone has.
After only one year of Taliban rule, girls and women have almost disappeared from Afghan society. They are not allowed to travel, to work alone, to go to public parks, to talk or laugh in public, and they are not allowed to study and to go to school... Photo: Boushra Almutawakel
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- So gay. So, so gay.
- JoeMyGod
- Ε ΔΕΕ§Ε§ Δ - πΊπ¦ π
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.
Joined Nov 2022
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