ScottinSoCal 🇺🇦 🕊 🏳‍🌈 @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es

Arkansas banned paying for AP African history tests—but pays for AP European history

TX banned abortion b/c a fetus has rights—but reject liability for a stillbirth b/c a fetus has no rights

N Dakota GOP banned free school lunches—but gave themselves free lunches

For the GOP, hypocrisy isn’t a bug—it’s the feature. Vote them out.

Could anyone give me a boost to find other trans people & indie game fans? 🥺

#gamer #gaming #gamergirl #xbox #nintendo #playstation #steam #steamdeck
#transgamer #transgirl #transphotographer #transgender #gaypunk #gothgirl #gothbabes
#indiegame #indiegames

@ScottSoCal @book OH my goodness, I can so relate to that 🤣

My dog rings a bell to get me up. Now who's Pavlov? Nicely played, Bax.

Two of my interests combined in one nerd joke. 👍

Picked up new specs. Boring, dull, perfectly fitted yet unfitting.

I demand fabulosity!

Another "Miserable Monday." Another "Excessive Heat Warning" is affect for #today. Another humid n sticky night under the fan in order to sleep. 😕

I have tended to think this may be the "new normal" now. But I know that isn't true. This is just the beginning, and in a way, I'm glad I'm a retired old man with a bad heart n little time left to suffer through this.

So I go about #myday. Doin' the little bit I can do and hum along to my 'theme song' for a little comfort. :

"All of the hard days are gone.
It's all beer n Whisky and songs from now on.
Laugh at the darkness and dance until dawn.
All of the hard days are gone."

Sorry for the ugly mood #today. Y'all just enjoy what ya got while ya got it. 👍 And of course, feel free to #joinin n sing along. 😏🖖

Hey #filmphotgraphy folk: I'm struggling to effectively process and invert my negatives. I do not have Adobe and I don't really want to get sucked into their model for my hobby. What do you recommend? Darktable is powerful but imposing, I can't really wrap my head around its UI

Hey, whatcha doing in September? Because I'm going on a book tour then, and if I'm coming to your town, you should totally come see me, and maybe get a book signed and stuff. The link below has places, dates, times and links to ticketing, plus all the other information you need to know. See you there!

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2023/08/14/announcing-the-starter-villain-book-tour/

Overheard 2 businessmen discussing corporate office changes so that employees "won't feel like just a cog in a machine."

They came up with these 'great' strategies:

- Rearrange the cubicles
- Art on the walls
- Seat managers closer to employees
- More team fun events

Notably not discussed:

- More pay
- Profit sharing
- More ownership of decisions & input
- Recognition of employee successes
- More PTO and/or work-life flexibility
- WFH options

Good luck guys! 😆

#business #management #HR

@ScottSoCal Same. However I get only the odd funny look. Maybe it’s my resting bitch-face and the fact thatI’m 6’1”.

Julie is telling it like it is.

[Let’s see how. This goes down on here - as when I last put it on Twitter I was dogpiled:]

Wear a mask. Covid is not over yet and never will be until *we* do something about it.

But wait! There’s more…

mayonnaise

No one ever teaches us what to say to someone who is dying or has chosen to die. Just speak from your heart, write a eulogy and read it, sit in quiet contemplation, whatever seems best, but just showing up is half the battle.

You may be emotional, afraid of crying, lost for words - just do it. I've lost three relatives when I didn't, I was too afraid or just assumed they knew how I felt. I regret it to this day.

RIP second mum 😢

This will be a major storyline of the next year: how #Ukraine fatigue, or outright opposition to Ukrainian victory, will play a role in the 2024 presidential campaign.

Fighting this ‘Ukraine fatigue’ is one of the reasons The Counteroffensive exists in the first place.

We believe that by writing compelling, human-first stories about people going through the news, we can keep interest and public attention on this terrible conflict.