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Hmmm... When men say I'd be cuter if I smiled, maybe I should... and just dig out the most awkward smile I have in inventory.
@AlisonW @ScottSoCal @allenstenhaus @hellomiakoda @Autistrain @asbestos @hosford42 @sal @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity @Tooden @pathfinder @markusl @johnettesnuggs @sentient_water @Adventurer I've got a bunch of weird friends, most of them ND, and I'm the butler of His Furry Highness the Prince. My cat already had the name Prince when I adopted him, and it fits, he's a spoiled aristocat.
My wife had a 4X6 pride flag on her bulletin board at a bio testing lab. She's a director there, and it's important to her that the gay people who work under her know they are welcome.
Someone from her team, who is very nice to their gay co-worker's face, filed a very general complaint about it.
Naturally, I assumed the person was upset the pride flag was too small. So I made my wife a 12X8 stained glass flag to put in its place.
PSA copypasted from tumblr, pls boost :
FEMA is doing an emergency alert test on all TVs, radios, and cell phones on October 4, 2023, at approximately 2:20pm ET.
If you live in the US and you have a phone you need to keep secret for any reason, make sure that it is turned off at this time.
Yes, I'm doing this months in advance, and yes, my blog has very little reach, but I figure better to post about it more than less.
Please reblog and add better tags than mine, I'm bad at tags.
@asbestos @hellomiakoda @Autistrain @hosford42 @sal@brain.worm.pink @actuallyautistic @neurodiversity @Tooden @ScottSoCal @pathfinder @markusl @sentient_water @Adventurer Random strange men have just said that to me. I have a RBF from Hell and have had since childhood. I usually scowl more and stick my tongue out.
Grindr's Return to Office plan would have me uprooting my family and moving 1000 miles back to Chicago. I'm taking the generous severance they're offering and I'll be parting ways with them at the end of August.
If you know anyone who might be interested in a remote Director of Engineering or Sr. Engineering Manager with ten years experience leading global remote software teams, send me a message here and feel free to share my LinkedIn with them: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-rose-ross
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I only recently came to understand that my polymorphous emotions were not necessarily the βnormβ. I guess I thought others were better at hiding all but a narrow, singular expression of emotion.
I wrote about this: https://medium.com/@glennmitchell_97461/the-day-we-laughed-at-colins-funeral-17263848773b
Judge Tanya Chutkan is not one to play with, a fact that Trump and his counsel are learning fast. Since the announcement of her assignment last Friday, Judge Chutkan has put her foot down in more ways than one. And I'm here for it. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/chutkan-trump-protective-order-threat
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Don't know why but boffins have a term for it.
Heard the story of the girl throwing starfish into the ocean? A man watching her says "don't you know there are miles of beach and you can't make a difference?"
The girl bends down and scoops up another starfish and gently throws it into the ocean, turns to the man and says "it made a difference to that one".
I often think of this story when world events make me feel powerless. I can't help everyone, but I can help *someone*.
So... if anyone needs me to throw them into the sea, I'm here.
This news has caused some people to ask why "women's chess" even exists -- women can compete in the open tournament. The women's competitions were a recognition of just how far behind chess is when it comes to cultivating and welcoming female players.
Not that shocking they are even more far behind when it comes to even knowing what that would mean. (eg not excluding trans women.)
But all this misses the bigger point. They don't want any trans people at all in their games.
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.