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

I think my dog is a Gumby/Lab mix. Maybe I should have named him Gumby. Then when someone asks his name , I could say “He’s Gumby dammit!”

Don’t ask me who Gumby is, you young whippersnapper. Also don’t ask me what whippersnapper means.

#Gumby #Labrador #LabMix #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #Whippersnappers #SNL #EddieMurphy

“Firmer - not too soft - not too hard…”

I often stare rapturously at my pencil. #advertising #vintageadvertising #badadvertising

Good news today: A coalition of 25 state governors announced a major push to reach 20M deployed heat pumps by 2030 -would represent a quadrupling of the number of heat pumps installed in 2020. Heat pumps are energy efficient replacements for furnaces & ACs -use electricity to transfer heat, as opposed to generate heat & can either heat a building when it is cold outside or cool a building when it is hot outside.

#ClimateSolutions #ClimateCrisis
#ActOnClimate

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/21/states-push-to-get-to-20-million-installed-heat-pumps-by-2030.html

When angst is hilarious.

#Fun #Funny # Humor #LOL #Humour #Kids #Parenting

Apparently a large number of people believe today is the #rapture???

Good morning fediverse :)

Journalism today...

What does disgust for disabled people look like in its purest, most densely crystallized form, like a black diamond of hatred spat out by one of the most twisted, hollowed-out, f*cked-up criminals in US history? Imagine supporting this man and calling yourself a "patriot," a "Christian," or even a "human being"? https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/general-mark-milley-trump-coup/675375/

I love the weird, overly annunciated voice people use when responding to automated customer service voice prompts. I just walked by a colleague's office (who is clearly trying to get into his bank account via phone) and heard him practically bellow:

"LOG IN"

(Ten seconds of silence)

"CHECK-KING ACCOUNT"

(Another ten seconds of silence)

"YES"

(silence)

"CUSS-TUH-MER SER-VICE"

It's 'person with allism' actually.

It now looks like, per another brilliant report by ProPublica, that our dear Justice Clarence Thomas also participated in Koch Network donor events. Is there no end to his corruption and influence peddling? Don’t answer that, I know the answer.

MAGA IS TO BLAME FOR
A SHUTDOWN.
PERIOD.

“K-911. What’s your emergency?”
“THERE’S A SQUIRREL!”
“Please calm down, sir. Where is it?”
“IN THE TREE ACROSS THE STREET!”
“Have you tried barking at it?”
“YES! DUH!! I’M NOT AN IDIOT!!!”
“Okay, put down the phone and try again now, I’ll stay on the line.”

You know what you're not likely to see today?

A bunch of Democrats making excuses for Bob Menendez and saying the DOJ was weaponized against him. And Biden coming out and saying it's totally unfair the way he's being treated and castigating the FBI and IRS.

Why? Because the Democrats aren't a cult.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/senate/4218060-fbi-found-gold-bars-in-menendezs-house-money-stuffed-in-jackets-prosecutors-say/amp/

#politics #news #opinion

My biggest tip for people who have published stuff online is to take a snapshot of it with the Wayback Machine.

You can do that by pasting this in front of the URL:
https://web.archive.org/save/
(takes a minute)

By doing this, you'll be able to access the snapshot even if (when) the site shuts down.

#writing

Everyone makes misssteaks.

When will Disney make the obvious sequel, The Giant Mermaid?

I am so excited to finally share my @TexasObserver feature on the #Drag Queens of Austin and how they're defying the threat of legal crackdown and persecution in the streets, from the magazine. I spent months putting this together and I am so proud of how it came out... https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-drag-queens-defy-ban/

#LGBTQIA #Texas #transgender #Austin #DragQueens #news

Are you an autistic adult who was identified later in life?

Come work with me in my new workshop that begins on October 1

We will be working on topics like unmasking, self-regulation, and advocacy.

@actuallyautistic
https://www.theautisticcoach.com/late-diagnosed-late-identified-autistic-workshop