ScottinSoCal πΊπ¦ π π³βπ @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
All of my friends are rolling up to the party in their sexy Halloween costumes and Iβm floating in looking like Orko.
The last dog I had to let go spent her last 4 days in an emergency clinic, hooked up to an oxygen tank, while I accepted that nothing could be done to correct a collapsed trachea. But I held her while she got her shot, and everyone in the clinic stopped by to grieve with me. They were extraordinary. I remember every one of them.
Thought I saw Jesus in my mango smoothie. Blended for a minute longer and it turned into Meryl Streep. She is so versatile.
And I've always thought it should be "couldn't care less". If you could care less, you care to some degree.
Many artists post their art here. This one came from @MarkOnArt
I've also bought a piece of jewelry that I won't wear, but will use for home decor from @skaly and a print of a photograph that I'm waiting to be delivered.
Am looking for artists. Want something nice to fill my walls with, and support struggling artists at the same time! Boost please!
russia will lead the United Nations Security Council in April
The Presidency of the United Nations Security Council rotates on a monthly basis between 15 member states.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called the move a "bad joke" and said that the world "can't be a safe place" with russia as head of the #UN Security Council
More hereπ https://kyivindependent.com/russia-to-chair-un-security-council-in-april/
#Ukraine πΊπ¦ #SlavaUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
#Π‘Π»Π°Π²Π°Π£ΠΊΡΠ°ΡΠ½Ρ! #StandWithUkraine
All Disney did was maintain the control they've always had, until Rhonda's political stunt. They used to appoint all the people on that board, so they de facto controlled it.
Sorry Meatball Ron
βPeople Are Loving That Disney Honcho Bob Iger Appears To Have Made A Fool Of Ron DeSantisβ https://flip.it/schAnN
So I didn't have to spray paint myself with a faux stone texture and sit in the lotus position in front of a Ukraine-themed backdrop for my avatar picture? I could have just made it up? Now you tell me.
I'm not sure who needs to hear this but you don't owe anyone on the internet your real name or a profile image that's a real photo of you.
> Among the unexpected sources of support for the magazine was the βfediverseβ [ . . . ] Many comments on the GoFundMe page mention that the donors learned about the Observer through Mastodon β where { @TexasObserver } was one of the first journalistic outlets to set up its own server [ . . . ]
> { @jamescanup }, the magazineβs managing director, responded to the news of the shutdown by [ . . . ] setting up a GoFundMe campaign [ . . . ] donations quickly soared, raising the hope that there might be a way forward for a leftist publication in a deeply red state after all.
> [ . . . ] βThere are more Democrats in Texas than there are in any other state besides California.β
Thereβs an awful lot of violence, slavery, misogyny, and murder in the Bible. Maybe we should ban that book?
Journalism is maximally profitable when it is maximally useless.
The stories that are the easiest to sell ads against are the ones that are relevant to the most people. The stories that are the most useful to any given person are likely *not useful* to people outside their community.
I don't need National news, excepting in very rare circumstances.
I need local news, which is only covered in very rare circumstances.
Sure! It's good for me to know what's happening in US or Global politics, but what happened at last night's school board meeting or city council or county commissioner's meetings has way more Impact on my life.
RT @PjotrSauer
My friend and thoroughly professional journalist @evangershkovich has been arrested by the FSB on obviously bogus espionage charges. Journalism is not a crime. Evan should be released immediately
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/03/30/russia-detains-wsj-journalist-on-spying-allegations-a80657
The undead are vulnerable to fire?
Buddy, let me tell you what else is weak against fire: goddamn everything. If you need to destroy something, try fire, I always say
@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social
Pro forced birth. Pro rape. Pro kiddie diddling. Pro oligarchy. Pro fascism.
Not pro life.
$300K raised is wonderful, excellent, laudatory, superb, and see your thesaurus for more. But to stay open they need money all the time. Subscribe. They send newsletters, and articles. They have a website. They post Mastodon posts with links. Subscribe, starting at just 99Β’ a month, with multiple levels, at whatever you can afford.
A few days ago, @TexasObserver was on its deathbed. Now the crusading nonprofit newsroom is getting a second chance after raising $300,000 in a crowdfunding campaign:
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/29/texas-observer-keep-publishing/
Testing out Bard (Google's "AI")
So far I've asked it technical questions (tell me about Class 0A ESD protection / tell me about ACES-Hy), paranoia questions (will OSIRIS-Rex bring an alien virus back from Bennu?), philosophy questions (What is the purpose of life?) and it's been all right with all of them. I asked if drag queens should be banned in Florida, and it provided 4 drafts, all with an emphatic 'no'.
Fun, but I'm not sure how useful.
#Google #Alphabet #AI #Bard
- 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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