ScottinSoCal ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ณโ๐ @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es
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- So gay. So, so gay.
- JoeMyGod
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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
As shared on that other site: Just got a letter officially letting me know I'll be promoted to Full Professor!
I'm still looking for a job. Anybody need a programmer in the San Francisco Bay area? I'm a python programmer with experience in C/C++/Java/JS, I've done a bunch of CI/CD/SRE in the recent years, lots of tooling and back end web dev, and I've got a good deal of amateur experience doing reverse engineering and embedded development.
(I've done devops work but I'm trying to move away from that because too often it turns into just "ops", and I am a programmer.)
Ukraine war: Latvia sends cars seized from drunk drivers to help Kyiv https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64903201
Welp. Guess it was bound to come for me eventually. I was hit by the most recent round of layoffs at the tech company I work at. So if anyone in my network in Toronto hears of comms/PR or writing gigs, hit me up!
Flick the switches on and off really fast, and see if any of your neighbors start a dance party.
I've lived in my house for 13yrs and have 3 light switches that I still have no idea what they're for.
Unless you're a woman. Or LGBT. Or not white. Or not christian. Or have children. Or like to have power during winter freezes. Or like to eat during winter freezes.
Attention stoners: Texas might be the next place to move.
Texas just took a big step towards decriminalizing weed.
Read about it here: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/weed-cannabis-texas-17827910.php
Elder dogs deserve extra attention and care. They've earned it.
@DrOinFLA@lounge.town @Wildethingy
They've now decided Earth is a donut. I wish I was kidding, but I'm not.
I bet he wasn't wearing a mask, either.
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In our history textbooks, we learned that European settlers pushed westward, displacing Indigenous tribes until sadly they were no more. But this is wholly inaccurate.
The โIndiansโโas Columbus infamously misnamed themโare still here in America. They number well over five million according to the 2020 census. And yet, as hard as it is to admit, a genocide of Indigenous people and cultures continues in this country even to this day, as Native children are removed from their families and tribes to live in primarily White, Christian homes.
That continuing assault is todayโs subject in The Big Picture. Head over to #TBP to read now: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/indigenous-genocide-foster-care-icwa
They take care of us when they're deployed, we need to take care of them when they come home.
All veterans deserve the resources and services to succeed in civilian life.
This week, my staff met with Wounded Warrior Project to talk about mental health services for veterans and the new health care and benefits available through the PACT Act.
To all who served, thank you.
I think the UN got it right.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 30: Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.
We need to stop taking anyone seriously, that tell us to "tolerate" people who want to take away other people's civil rights. That's not what tolerance is.
re: Time Tunnel Ep 7, review & spoilers
And, see, if that had happened on Voyager, they'd have just sent an anti-chronoton pulse through the deflector array, and that would have solved everything.
Time Tunnel Ep 7, review & spoilers
7 - Revenge of the Gods
2/2
The Time Tunnel team at headquarters didn't have a lot to do this episode, except for one rather melodramatic scene. They tried to send some weapons, and accidentally sent one of their guards back. On retrieving him, they accidentally aged him! ๐ฎ To fix him, they had to (say it with me) REVERSE THE POLARITY! ๐ ๐
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#TimeTunnel #SciFi #ScienceFiction #TimeTravel #ClassicTV #Watching
- Pronouns
- He/Him
- Orientation
- So gay. So, so gay.
- JoeMyGod
- ล ฤลลงลง ฤ - ๐บ๐ฆ ๐
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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