ScottinSoCal πΊπ¦ π π³βπ @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es
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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
Fuck you.
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RT @laurenboebert
My prayers are with the beautiful children whose lives have been lost, their families & the first responders who are dealing with this tragedy in Nashville!
https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1640402369157513225
I didn't have Vikings reassembling on my 2023 bingo card
https://news.yahoo.com/norway-sweden-finland-denmark-struck-104242982.html
Canada's news system has been seized, bought sold off, and is now under the control of a far right American Corporation (most Canadian Newspapers large and small)
There are a handfull of excellent small regional papers, Halifx Examiner for example, and The Tyee. The Tyee has come to Mastodon, and thats great, its a great paper, swining and landing far about its weight, more than regional paper, well worth a follow, maybe even a bell.
@thetyee π π π Click to follow. Recommended π
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on...
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
@MeidasTouch Wait, the former publisher of the National Enquirer is named David Pecker? How did I not know that? I love when reality is ridiculous like that.
Missouri's attorney general has been harassing a gender clinic in St. Louis because they work with youths.
Now he has an online form for complaints and concerns regarding "gender intervention" in the state.
Prime trolling opportunity, pass it on.
https://ago.mo.gov/file-a-complaint/transgender-center-concerns
The outrage over security from TikTok might be taken a bit more seriously if we didn't just watch Facebook admit to enabling Rohingya genocide, help to manipulate the 2016 election, cause massive PTSD to its own employees, and face zero meaningful accountability whatsoever.
In your current life, how big of a deal would an extra $5 per day be for you?
That's about $150 per month or $1825 per year which seems very significant to me, but I'm curious if I'm out of touch with reality or not.
Well, I just found out the Texas Observer is shutting down at the end of the week and I'm, quite abruptly and with no warning, out of work.
Pass your leads on to me.
The current Wisconsin Supreme Court has a 4-3 conservative majority. An ultra-MAGA justice is retiring. Dan Kelly wants to replace her.
We beat Kelly, flip the court majorityβand open the door to ending our abortion ban & securing democracy.
VOTE #JanetForJustice on April 4th.
#WISupremeCourt #JudgeJanet #wisconsin #madisonWI #milwaukeeWI
@ScottSoCal Lol -- fair enough.
I think it's okay, (even good), to be wrong about one thing.
Today in my newsfeed there are all kinds of articles telling me that Brandon Sanderson is actually awesome and that Wired article about him is super mean.
Except, it's really not. Read anything Foster-Wallace has written about anyone, ever.
To imagine that this is some kind of hit piece or takedown is, frankly, weird and, honestly, stupid.
The Wired article is what happens when a good, but powerless, writer is given the impossible assignment of making rich-guy nerd crap look cool.
My god, internet defenders of literally everything bad, take a weekend to read "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" before filling space with yet more nonsense about poor, beleaguered, B. Sanderson.
The Wired article is funny. It's intended to be funny. It's about a millionaire writer who cranks out crap for people who like to eat crap.
That's okay. Sometimes we like to eat crap, especially in America. It doesn't need to be defended.
If your $dayjob is at all related to security, I'd love to hear from you about what type of mobile phone you currently rely on.
I've never really seen a data-based breakdown of the answer to this question, and I'm genuinely curious. Thanks!
First work with the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic advocate student in our school, and he created a great poster for our showcase on Thursday. #Diversifying #DecolonisingTheCurriculum #BLMatHerts
My neighbors got a new hammock and I think I offended them by complimenting them on their new sex swing.
US evangelicals had a hand in Ugandaβs revived βKill the Gaysβ bill - LGBTQ Nation https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/03/us-evangelicals-had-a-hand-in-ugandas-revived-kill-the-gays-bill/
- Pronouns
- He/Him
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- 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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