I read an article printed a little while ago in the newspaper of the town where I was born and raised (and got the hell out) - lamenting that the kids are moving away, and how to stop it.
Don't be bigoted and hateful? Offer livable wages? Stop sneering at everything that didn't exist when your grandpa was a kid?
Just some ideas.
Good news: A big win for the Biden admin: The court holds that Texas & Louisiana lack Article III standing to challenge the administration's removal priorities for unauthorized immigrants. The court's 8β1 decision in this case, U.S. v. Texas, should substantially limit district court judge's ability to impose nationwide injunctions that block the Biden administration's immigration policies. Which is why Alito dissents. -Mark J Stern #ImmigrationReform
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/22-58_i425.pdf
I tried out this "Hi, I'm autistic" thing yesterday, and I'm still processing (over-processing?) how it went.
Talking to the hygienist at the dentist office, treatment preferences, she asked if I knew why I prefer minimal contact. "I'm guessing it's the autism," I said.
She stopped talking to me, after that. In the past she's a chatterbox. Next appointment is scheduled with a different hygienist, in the past she's always pushed to book herself.
Processing? Or over-processing?
2nd toot of new handmade works:
The past week was really difficult. I feel a great need of changes in my life and am unsure of my path and some of my connections. It also meant I wasn't promoting much as I just wanted to hide. But my work requires me to always be out there, and I did make some things I'm proud of in those days of hiding. Maybe even things I could send to a loving home, make someone beautiful feel extra shiny and celebrated.
Etsy:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/GenderlessBySkaly?ref=search_shop_redirect
Time to talk about the intersection of testing and being wired differently, and more...from Karen Todd (KarenTestsStuff on various places). #kcdc
Today marks the release of 'Sixteen Hours', an hourlong piece of ambient music accompanied by field recordings of birdsong.
Long light music, warm water music β resonant, glassy, echoing, etc. Please share!
#ambient #fieldRecording #modular #generative #summerSolstice
I am about to kick some journalists in the nuts real hard.
YOU failed to report on the dire warnings of scientists the past *checks the 6 IPCC reports* 33 years with your bloody "both-sideism" and now it's our fault?
Fuck you, the Hill. Fuck you very very much.
A tale of two vessels lost at sea https://onlysky.media/mclark/a-tale-of-two-vessels-lost-at-sea/
@JorisMeys
"Scientists failed for decades to communicate the coming risks of rapid sea-level rise to people who stuck their fingers in their ears and said 'la la la, I can't hear you', a new study has found."
@ScottSoCal happiness through chemistry
BREAKING
Biden Launching New $600 Million Climate Change InitiativeβFocused On Great Lakes And Coasts
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs Forbes Staff
Breaking news reporter
Jun 19, 2023,09:37am EDT
TOPLINE President Joe Biden is expected to announce more than $600 million in climate investments meant to fight rising sea levels, protect coastal communities and modernize California's electric grid, according to multiple reports, in his administrationβs latest initiative aimed at mitigating climate change.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2023/06/19/biden-launching-new-600-million-climate-change-initiative-focused-on-great-lakes-and-coasts/?sh=3af3e822749d
Read PDF version here:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:001a61a6-d5b6-31b7-bf7a-baf8ed577b38
he US House Foreign Affairs Committee endorsed a bipartisan resolution calling on the Biden administration to provide Ukraine with ATACMS missiles immediately. #StandWithUkraineοΈ
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.