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
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
On my way to Oslo to hang out outside Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.
In support of SΓ‘mi land rights.
SΓ‘mi rights are threatened throughout the Nordic Countries.
Land theft and suppression of self-determination.
We're still here.
#LandBack
@littlescraps @DangerousFruit@4bear.com @djwfyi
I can fake being "on". I have a personality I've created that I slip on like a set of clothes, and I can do it for a few hours. Then I'm exhausted and need a few days of recharging.
@DangerousFruit @djwfyi I would have to say yes, as I am extremely good at being an occasional extrovert to the point where people who havenβt known me for long look at me like I am lying when I say I am an introvert. They have only seen me when I am β onβ which is only .2% of my life.
In CA, if you try to hide assets during a divorce, the court mandated resolution is all the assets you tried to hide go to the other side, plus there's a court fine.
Let's put divorce lawyers in charge of the SEC.
The Mormon Church is being fined 5 million because it hid a 32 billion dollar investment fund. This was not accidental. The SEC proved that both the investment firm and church went to great lengths to knowingly hide these assets. For the folks playing along at home, thatβs a fine of 0.016% on the investment. Imagine lying on your taxes and you hid an extra $100K offshore and the IRS said βNo sweat, pay us $15.63.β If there are no other repercussions, thatβs not a fine, thatβs encouragement.
@liquor_american @RollingStone
Manchin is the best we can get out of West Virginia, until the coal mines have been closed for two generations, and other jobs have moved in. Both have to happen - if the coal mines close, but there are no new jobs, it's going to be redder than ever.
βWe have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.β
β #jimmycarter #presidentcarter
- 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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