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
Taxing the rich isnβt radical. It isnβt even new.
The current top-bracket tax rate is 37%.
But in 1965, it was 70%.
In the 1950s, it was over 90%.
NOT taxing the rich is whatβs new.
I do that with checklists - usually in a spreadsheet. Mark everything off, and that way I don't get things jumbled or forget something, and I know it's all taken care of when I see that "x" in the box next to the task.
Beware the dreaded "-" - that means it not only isn't done, there's a problem preventing it from being done.
Ah, OK. I also love the feel of a Cross 0.8mm ball point across paper. Not too scratchy, not too slippery - just right. I bought 2 pen bodies and 2 packs of refills, so I have it ready, at work or at home.
All of what you wrote, except the writing. I used to have exceptional penmanship - seriously, I got compliments. Then I spent 40 years in front of a computer, typing everything. I might write one or two checks a year. I have to initial so many places it's become a glyph, not letters. When I write something I have to stop and think about it, and form things slowly if I want it to be legible.
@omaproud@nerdculture.de
He blasphemed against their pumpkin god - he must be shunned.
@lovelylovely@masto.ai
I love Psaki. I miss her dunking on Doocy every day, in the WH press room.
Republicans on a state Senate committee voted to oust the
nonpartisan administrator of elections in Wisconsin via @Hredman
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/brief/senate-committee-votes-to-fire-wec-administrator/
Some of us US people do the same thing when we're traveling outside the US, because we'll be coming back in, and we've given border patrol WAY too much leeway to snoop where ever and when ever they want.
I think it's just reasonable precaution.
I often forget how some cyber habits I have can upset people. This happened today:
Colleague - You're going to [vendor name] event in [USA place] next month. They really should give us lighter notebooks for these trips. How will you take your work PC with you?
Me - I don't. There are sensitive apps and info there. I can lose it. Also, border controls could happen. No way.
Colleague - Huh, so... what will you do?
Me - I use a spare 13" low-end notebook with a fresh linux install, no personal data, no company data. It's light and now it's worth just a few euros.
Colleague - Hah, there's your smartphone anyway!
Me - No way either. Spare Nokia dumbish-phone. The most advanced thing on it is Snake. Maybe.
This didn't end well.
Some quick thoughts on the bullying of autistic people, and indeed, all people
I use an over-the-counter sleep aid, Unisom tablets (doxylamine succinate). It's just a drowsy-inducing antihistamine, but it stays in the body longer than the other approved medication (diphenhydramine), and my problem isn't getting to sleep, it's staying asleep. 1/2 tablet every night is enough to keep me sleeping through the night. The tablets are scored at the 1/2 point, so it's easy to break them in half.
My thanks to @Slate for chatting with me on the What Next podcast about the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers sedition trials and sentencings.
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2023/09/proud-boys-leaders-convictions
When you'd rather be doing anything else but put up with their shenanigans because you love them #mondog
And the mainstream media is complicit by "presenting the controversy".
Suddenly shopping for groceries, going to work, riding the train while trans is a controversy.
#Transphobia in the is on the rise β and the #press is to blame.
An increase in #public #AntiTrans #sentiment in the #UK has been #fuelled by #hostile #coverage of #trans #issues by #rightwing #newspapers.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #CultureWar #Media #MoralPanic #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism #Hatecrimes #Transphobia
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/09/transphobia-uk-press-media-negative-coverage/
What are the "life-changing" or "health implications" of asking to use a different name or pronoun?
Will a child explode if you use they/them pronouns? Call them Bill instead of William or Karen and a leg will fall off?
It's all bullshit. Protect trans kids.
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- He/Him
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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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