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

I'm #autistic. The sound of the train blowing its horn as it passes my house makes me cover my ears in pain. But the throbbing bass of the engine that causes a deep pressure in my chest from the vibration makes me feel happy.

When I was a kid, I used to crank up the bass of my parents' stereo and sit directly against the woofer to feel that pressure. They would always yell at me to turn it down. I've always loved that feeling.

#ActuallyAutistic
@actuallyautistic
@neurodiversity

Do my #ActuallyAutistic comrades have trouble living in the present due to fear of the future? Or regretting the past?

@actuallyautistic

“For example, the Honda Accord Hybrid suffers a 9 percent loss of efficiency moving from 17- to 19-inch wheels. The Toyota Prius suffers a similar loss between trims, dropping from 57 mpg (4.13 L/100 km) to 52 mpg (4.52 L/100 km). As does the Lucid Air, which loses about 7.5 percent of its range when you swap 19-inch wheels for 21-inch versions” https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/can-we-please-just-go-back-to-using-smaller-wheels-and-tires/

One more time:

On #Newstodon Friday, we celebrate the best #journalism in the #Fediverse!

You can ensure your favorite publications stay engaged here—and stay in business—by following, sharing, and supporting.

Today, let's highlight Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti's recent investigations into #extremism:

'God's Army' Gathers in #FortWorth https://www.texasobserver.org/gods-army-gathers-in-fort-worth/

Brave #Books vs the people of #Texas https://www.texasobserver.org/brave-books-texas-library-free-speech/

#news #politics #USpol #racism #library #schools #homophobia

“This should be decided at the ballot box” is such an utterly deranged thing to say when the reason why we are in this situation is that Trump and his enablers didn’t respect the decision at the ballot box and instead engaged in a vast conspiracy to end constitutional government.

don’t let the book ban people know I found this in a drawer at the library

Amazing how every billionaire thinks their money will save them from being boiled alive with us.

Picking flowers is wild when you think about it

Oh hey, you smell nice *snaps neck*

Andrew Weissman is the Steve Kornacki of Indictment coverage.

MSNBC must occasionally toss snacks to him where he sleeps under the desk.

Massive ‎Landslide due to heavy rains in ‎Shimla of Himachal Pradesh, India
#GlobalWarming #climatechange #weather #ClimateEmergency #climatecrisis #AureFreePress

If the RW media didn't call the tunes for the mainstream press, POTUS's son, who has no role in the admin, facing allegations of falsifying info on a gun permit app and failing to pay some taxes would be a relatively minor story. And the GOP's relentless attacks on a pol's kid would be a bigger one.

#media #hunterbiden #propaganda

#irony

From Tumblr. I might as well post it myself...

As foretold in the ancient prophecies!

#bear #bears #animal #animals #weirddog #IKnowItsABear #humor #humour #funny

Your country being dragged down the #Brexit path with no common sense thought in sight?

Your rapist billionaire insurrectionist ex president #Trump allowed to roam free while children are shot for holding a bag of Skittles?

Don't worry, you are not going crazy. Everyone else is. It's dangerous out there though, with the crazies.

Try to blend in, do something crazy too. Take a fish for a walk or something. Don't let them spot you.

Above all it’s sad that people are still supporting a platform like this in the name of ‘community’. Let’s call it like it is - you need the validation. For those who say they stay to fight, you are fighting nothing. Deleting your account is the biggest impact you can make towards not tolerating hate.

#SINO McCarthy is complicit. MOC who aid & abet #TFG are accessories to #TFG crimes, incl. #J6🚨: “Now a radical [district attorney] in Georgia is following Biden’s lead by attacking President Trump and using it to fundraise her political career. Americans see through this desperate sham.” #GOPConspiracy :https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/15/donald-trump-republicans-reaction-georgia-indictment?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter