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 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.
the only proof we need about how bad climate change is gonna get is elon musk claiming that its not gonna be too bad
Happy to announce that I am a recipient of the IRC postdoctoral fellowship award.
https://research.ie/assets/uploads/2023/09/GOI-Awardee-list-2023.pdf
My project titled "STALWART" will be at University College Dublin (UCD, Conway Institute) under the supervision of Dr. Ronald Halim and in collaboration with Prof. Oskar Modin at Chalmers University.
I am very excited to learn new concepts, gain more skills, and make new friends!
I love my smart TV. I love the way it takes a long time to boot up because it's trying to refresh the advertisements on the home screen. I delight in the way it randomly restarts because it's downloaded an update without asking me, each of which makes the TV slower and slower with every subsequent install. I adore the way it buries the apps that I want to use, and that I use without fail every single time, below the apps that it's being paid to promote and which I have never touched in my life and would never use without the cold metal of a glock pressed hard against my sweating temple. I am infinitely thrilled by the way the interface lags constantly, due to the need to have one thousand unnecessary animations rendered on hardware ripped wholesale from a ten year old phone. I feel myself borne aloft on wings of pure joy when I am notified that my data will be collected and analysed to determine my useage patterns. Even now I am writing this from a field of beautiful flowers and soft luscious grass as I lie and look up happily at the bright blue sky, smiling happily to know that this is the future of technology
I disconnected my smart TV from the network, and use an nVidia Shield to stream. I did this after the whole scandal about the TV mic being on all the time, feeding audio to the manufacturer's servers.
- 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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