ScottinSoCal πΊπ¦ π π³βπ @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es
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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
I don't want to brag, but I can have neither focus nor energy, and be perfectly happy vegging out on the couch.
PSA
Thoughts & tasks are like buzzing bees inside my head.
I can either remember what tasks I have to do or have the focus/desire to do those tasks, but almost certainly not both at the same time.
I call this principle Heisenberg's uncertainty bees π 
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I was raised in a cult offshoot of a recognized religion, abandoned that for agnosticism, realized I'm not actually an agnostic, I'm an atheist, but still had a very live-and-let-live attitude toward other people and their religion. With the continuing weaponization and radicalization of religion, I've lost all patience with religion and all other forms of magical thinking (astrology, numerology, spirituality, ghost hunters, UFO investigators, etc.)
Give me cold, harsh reality.
Think of an API as a wall power socket. You can plug something into it and connect to the power net in your house. Maybe a meter, to tell you about the system, maybe an appliance, to get something done.
Twitter's APIs let you plug into Twitter.
Everyone on Mastodon: I cannot believe how much Twitter is trying to charge for API requests.
Me, pretending to know what an API is: This will be the final nail in Twitter's coffin.
Iβve become old enough to realize Walter Peck from the EPA was 100% right to try to regulate the Ghostbustersβ storage containment unit.
By @JuliusGoat: βAt a certain point, it seems to me that we have to conclude that what such people are actually advocating for is not to use sunlight to expose and disinfect our society of bigotry, but simply to have a society in which bigotry is free to dance in the sun.β
Growing up fundy can prime us to feel at home in situations that seek to usurp our autonomy.
SHARED ELEMENTS OF CULTS:
1. Authoritarian control
2. Extremist beliefs
3. Isolation from society
4. Veneration of an individual.
CULT CATEGORIES: Doomsday, Political, Religious, & Sex. An additional group bordering on cult territory is LGATs (Large Group Awareness Trainings), which typically fall under "human potential" or "self-awareness," such as the infamous NXIVM cult. #criticalthinking #cults
This is the first thing I ever painted for my wife, an oil on canvas of her greenwing macaw Jasper. When we met I had a greenwing, as well - just one of the many ties that bound us together. She was pretty blown away by this π #parrots #BirdArt #artist #ArtistsOfMastodon
"Like we didn't JUST come out of 3+ years where the white supremacist messiah went out of his way to say "China virus" and other racialized terms to talk about the pandemic."
We didn't come out of it. Asians are still being attacked on the street, and TFG is targeting McConnell's wife with racist tropes.
I mean, she's a horrible human being, but attack her for what she is and does, not for where she was born or where her family lives.
βI tried being a vegan for a while, but I couldnβt live without cheese.β
βThey have vegan cheese.β
βNo, they donβt. They have shredded orange and white sadness that mocks cheese and everything it stands for.β
β John Scalzi, The Kaiju Preservation Society
I feel like Iβm being cancelled simply for having odious opinions.
Aerospace engineering. 5 levels of why refers to a root cause analysis.
@ScottSoCal Sounds fun. What is your field of expertise?
One in my field is an investigative technique called "5 levels of why".
Tell us a strange sounding expression from your field of expertise, dear #histodons
Here is mine, from #bookhistory: at some point, you will likely find "defeated and dead copies of a book" offered in the antiquarian book trade.
@norcalgrandma@sfba.social
Unsolicited advice: If you get the Kitchen Aid, get the one with the arms that lift and lower the mixing bowl. The gears in that one are metal, and will last just about forever. The models with the fixed bowl have plastic gears, and they break if you push them too hard.
#LessonsLearned
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Oh dear. This old clip of Sly Stallone taste-testing 'Trump Water' just resurfaced and...oof...yeah, that tracks π¬
Watch it here: https://www.comicsands.com/sylvester-stallone-tastes-trump-water-2659460211.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=toot&utm_campaign=SAND
- Pronouns
- He/Him
- Orientation
- 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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