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
@KevinLikesMaps @nafnlaus@fosstodon.org
I started using it for German, but COVID happened, and it was clear my vacation trip to Germany would be long delayed.
I went there for work, and the only phrase that got any use was "Entschuldigung Sie mir, mein Deutsch ist nicht gut. Sprechen Sie English, bitte?"
@ScottSoCal @nafnlaus Thanks! I don't understand words like dative or declension or whatever so I'm hoping they just have a bunch of examples. I've learned several things just through repeated exposure, like -ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ is possessive (Π·Π²Π΅ΡΠ½Π΅Π½Π½Ρ ΠΠ΅Π»Π΅Π½ΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ) , you use the ending -ΠΎΠΌ when you do something (or certain things?) with (or to?) a person (ΡΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠ²Π° Π· ΠΠ°ΠΉΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΎΠΌ). I understand gender because I've studied Spanish.
I get it, but just this morning I started a re-watch of Madam Secretary on Netflix, because it imagines what the country could be, if we can find a way to get there. I've done the same thing with The West Wing.
The surprising part is not that math grad students named Cox and Zucker would come up with the idea of writing a paper together just as a joke.
It's that they followed through after they were professors, and wrote a paper that was actually rather significant.
I've always assumed it's because the elderly are valuable assets in hunter/gatherer societies. Clans that had access to more knowledge/memory were more likely to survive in lean times.
There are examples in early hominid skeletons that the injured were nursed back to health and cared for.
Menopause is incredibly rare in nature. Most animals die soon after their reproductive capability comes to an end. Aside from humans, only four species of wild animal are known to go through a form of menopause: orcas, narwhals, beluga whales and pilot whales. These animals might shed light on why menopause exists at all.
@KevinLikesMaps @nafnlaus@fosstodon.org
Babbel (website and/or app) goes deep into the woods on grammar. If you've already got a grasp on vocabulary, you can breeze through that part.
@nafnlaus How did you learn UA grammar? I have a fairly extensive vocabulary but I know almost nothing about grammar so I'm looking for an app or site that will teach and quiz me. Right now I probably sound like "me yesterday feeded fishes to mine two cats." People can understand what I meant to say but I sound like a child.
Ko-fi shop updated!
I know it's not the most popular platform for shopping. And as far as I know, it's not indexed by search engines.
So.... I need to get comfortable with a little spruiking.
Why ko-fi?
- Etsy is way too full of cheap and nasty ripoff products either directly from China or drop-shipped to Europe.
- My self-hosted website is cookie-free for GDPR compliance, and doesn't have shop capabilities.
- Ebay is just nasty ...
- Instagram marketplace is Zuck.
@StillIRise1963 @ScottSoCal hereβs an article about Latino truckers boycotting Florida https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2023/05/15/florida-trucker-boycott-floridas-strict-new-immigration-law-draws-response/70217625007/
Assuming I'm autistic - still on the fence about that, but leaning - the thing I've always felt set me apart at work is my ability to make connections between very different things. I resolved an issue with cracks in a crystalline substrate by putting it into the context of my hobby, woodworking. To me it's a logical progression, but to everyone else it's the wildest kind of leap.
Does anyone else here do that? Find a solution by extrapolating in unusual directions?
@grrrr_shark @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic @actuallyautistics
A guy I had a crush on - we were friends, but I couldn't acknowledge even to myself that I wanted more from him - scored low, and he basically gave up in school, and no one tried to salvage him. He wasn't dumb, but the teachers looked at that number and gave up on him. It still pisses me off when I think about it.
@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic @actuallyautistics
I was always told I "wasn't living up to my potential". School gave everyone an IQ test, and after that people were pigeon-holed according to the number they were assigned by a test they took once. My number happened to be high, but others were low.
What if they were tired? Stressed? Dealing with personal issues? Not interested in taking your stupid test?
Has anyone ever told my #ActuallyAutistic comrades that they werenβt βsmart enoughβ or βfocused enoughβ for school, college, or work? You arenβt alone.
That's my president!
#Biden #BidenDelivers #VoteBlue
Going to see Helena. The only way to get to her house is in a handbasket.
Where are we going, and why am I in this hand~basket?
@e_urq They are coming for everything that isnβt white male hetro Christian and when the rest of us are gone they will start sorting out the wrong type of Christians.
(Which is a good chunk of European history btw.)
This is why trans rights are human rights and human rights are important to all of us.
Jack Dorsey is the one who did little-to-nothing about Nazis on Twitter 1.0, and whole-heartedly endorsed the sale to make it what it is today.
I should trust him - why, exactly?
- 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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