ScottinSoCal πΊπ¦ π π³βπ @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es
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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
If you drink champagne through a crazy straw, all decorum is void. Drink it warm, drink it cold, doesn't matter.
Leslie Stahl did immeasurable damage, just like the media did with Trump. She should retire in shame. The drive to normalize batshit crazy white supremacists is unconscionable. But it never stops.
God bless Donald J. Trump's health. May his aged body stay strong enough that he lives to experience several more indictments, the guilty verdicts, and the orange jumpsuit.
These days you can just generalize [Mar-a-Lago] to most of Florida, and you're all right.
Imagine if Germany helped Americans get rid of Nazis? That would be some direct counter balancing of the universe.
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Sounds like Marjorie Three Names got shouted and whistled down by New Yorkers who outnumbered the MAGA faithful.
Ah, the Big Apple! Doesnβt disappoint.
If you're going to pop out "voting won't stop it" - yeah, you need some evidence. Solid evidence, with a thorough analysis, and covering why those deltas are irrelevant.
FWIW, I don't think they are. We aren't recovering from nationwide destruction after a war. We aren't facing ruinous inflation rates. We do have a Constitution that they have to at least pay lip service to. Very different circumstances. Vote like your life depends on it.
You had a paragraph talking about what happened in Weimar Germany in the 1930s. Different country, different government, different set of rules, different economic climate, different populace, entirely different set of possibilities.
You dump an empirical statement out there, without supporting evidence (we have moved beyond the point where normal means are sufficient because...) and I'm engaging in wishful thinking because I don't accept it.
Sure.
If your answer to the Nashville shooting is "there's nothing we can do" or "guns don't kill people, people do" or "if someone wants to kill you not much you can do to stop them" you are a witless cowardly cretin and you should step aside so decent human beings can prove you 100% wrong.
Politics + slightly offensive hand gestures
I rarely get political on here, but I made this years ago and figured today was a decent day to share it.
Today in "Things I Found In My Yard." As a reminder, I am in Ohio, roughly 800 miles inland. Yes, it's alive. Until a hawk finds it, anyway.
The list of Tech That Made The World A Worse Place To Live is getting pretty long.
While all eyes are on Manhattan and Trump, my own are on Wisconsin, which holds a pivotal election today. I explain why it is, and what my prediction is (gulp), and I desperately hope Iβm right! https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/everythings-on-the-line-in-wisconsin?sd=pf
I reject that voting won't stop them.
@seanmunger "Voting won't stop them" isn't exactly helpful when pathetically low turnout has enabled their rise. The Wisconsin vote today is a prime example of the importance of encouraging civic participation, no matter what.
It's been a few weeks since I wrote this, but still apropos. Fascism is undoubtedly on the rise in the modern world. Here's why, and here's why it's so difficult to stop. Voting won't stop them. Courts and the legal system probably won't either. It's not pretty, but this is what the historical record shows us. #histodons #fascism
https://www.gardenofmemory.net/why-fascism-is-on-the-rise-again-and-why-we-wont-stop-it/
For many people, reproductive rights feel like a non-issue because they would never think about having an abortion. But even if you are actively trying to expand your family, abortion bans passed by Republican-dominated legislatures across the country could affect you and your family.
That is because the reach of these invasive, oppressive laws goes far beyond abortion. We explore why that is today in The Big Picture: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/strict-abortion-laws-affect-miscarriage
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- 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
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