ScottinSoCal ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ณโ๐ @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es
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- So gay. So, so gay.
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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
Here's a touch of whimsy to get your day started. :-) I call this one "Our Happy Neighborhood".
Available for purchase here - https://peggy-collins.pixels.com/featured/our-happy-neighborhood-peggy-collins.html
#whimsical #village #trees #house #houses #colorful #art #artist #ArtForSale #AYearForArt #MastodonArt #FediGiftShop #MastoArt #FediArt #BuyIntoArt
Fellow Black people - I know that in light of the #jacksonville killing, some people booed the white suprem-, er, Intellectually Diverseโข governor DeSantis of Florida, given his vocal and political support of white nationalism. However, as a Black community, we have to remember that protesting violent white supremacy sometimes makes white people feel sad! And angry! And isn't that really a kind of racism in itself, if you think about it?
Anyway, I'm happy to draw your attention to this helpful book, collecting all the wisdom of white Controversial Thinkersยฎ like DeSantis and all those other bitch-faces about the best way to protest against racism. Compromise!
I heard about Red,White, and Royal Blue as a movie, and I watched it. It was cute, and distracting. During the closing credits I saw it was based on a book, and I'd just finished one, so I bought it. The book is usually better than the movie.
Oh yeah, so much better. The events aren't compressed, the characters are better developed - and there are more of them. Get the book.
OTD, Aug 28, 1955, white supremacists kidnapped, tortured, & murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till. Carolyn Bryantโthe woman who knowingly falsely accused himโjust passed. The warrant for her arrest ignored, she lived free.
Emmett isn't ancient historyโhe's contemporary reality.
This is some racist bullshit
FedEx fires Black delivery driver who said he was attacked by White father and son
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-fedex-driver-dmonterrio-gibson-fired-mississippi/
Somebody else recognized me from my television appearance (I was the dude on the wing in that William Shatner episode of Twilight Zone)
I know mastodon has issues, I know the fediverse is basically a prototype of what it could be. I know itโs annoying when people are snobby about masto despite its faults.
But for real, if we want this shit to succeed, weโve got to also love what is good here and be growing it. That doesnโt mean yelling about how all other social media sites suck. It means focusing on what weโre getting right here, listening carefully to complaints, and putting a little energy into solving problems
Can you believe how many people on social media answer rhetorical questions?
how a lot of cis people sound
"you're nearsighted? oh wow, have you gotten the surgery yet?"
"idk, are you really nearsighted? you don't act nearsighted to me"
"okay so you say you 'feel' like everything is blurry. what does that mean? ive sometimes gotten dust in my eyes but i don't see how you can just 'feel' nearsighted"
"ugh... why are you ruining your beautiful face with those glasses? you look fine without them"
"ugh... why are you ruining your eyes with those contacts? you're ruining your eyes by putting them there"
"ugh... i can't believe anyone would mutilate their beautiful, natural, working eyes by burning them with lasers just because they 'feel' nearsighted. medicine and liberalism has gone too far"
"you're just wearing glasses because it's trendy to wear them! this has consequences on your eyes!"
"can't you just like, not see things blurry? it's probably just that you're not focusing your eyes correctly"
"idk, are you really nearsighted? you don't act nearsighted to me"
"okay so you say you 'feel' like everything is blurry. what does that mean? ive sometimes gotten dust in my eyes but i don't see how you can just 'feel' nearsighted"
"ugh... why are you ruining your beautiful face with those glasses? you look fine without them"
"ugh... why are you ruining your eyes with those contacts? you're ruining your eyes by putting them there"
"ugh... i can't believe anyone would mutilate their beautiful, natural, working eyes by burning them with lasers just because they 'feel' nearsighted. medicine and liberalism has gone too far"
"you're just wearing glasses because it's trendy to wear them! this has consequences on your eyes!"
"can't you just like, not see things blurry? it's probably just that you're not focusing your eyes correctly"
This account:
@subpanel@mastodon.social
is a bot that keeps spamming the group with random links. I've blocked it, you may want to, as well.
The day @KevBot and I both became โfully vaxxedโ in May of 2021, we went out to this restaurant with a patio for our first public dining experience in over a year.
It was cold AF but we were just happy to be โfreeโ and we took a photo of each other to commemorate the moment.
This resulted in us starting a tradition of taking photos wherever weโd go and I kept compiling them into 9x9 grids until I got up to 144 photos and was finally like okay, Alice, thatโs enough.
I realize itโs ridiculously excessive, but weโd spent the prior year not even knowing if weโd ever be able to go to a restaurant again and we didnโt know how long it was going to last, so we were just trying to take advantage of it while we could.
Iโm Bendix, a queer sex worker and artist. I love cats and sci-fi, and goth will never leave my heart. My trans*ness and disability inform much of what I do and maybe even more of what I don't do. Iโm sex positive, a tired activist, a lover of bdsm and retro video games, a life-long student of marginalised thinking, and in every little thing I do thereโs some art and caring to be found.
Iโm here to show art and nsfw stuff, and build my own little utopia of the anti-normative.
#AskingAutistics Does anyone have good suggestions to quickly find remote work, full or part time, for #ActuallyAutistc people who dread phone calls? Asking for me. ๐โโ๏ธ
But what if I really want to know?
Secret Service was in touch with the #OathKeepers. An agent described himself as โthe unofficial liaison to the Oath Keepers (inching towards official),โ and called the fascist group "very pro-LEO and pro-Trump." Said they were defending Trumpers from violent leftists.
The #MAGA rot runs deep.
Got some hefty-ish household bills to deal with at the moment, so we're leaving this #ebook #sale running for a while. Feel like grabbing 36 DRM-free SF, fantasy & YA ebooks for $44? Now's your chance! (Plz share the post if you feel inclined? Thanking you!) https://bit.ly/SummerSaleWholeStore44
- Pronouns
- He/Him
- Orientation
- So gay. So, so gay.
- JoeMyGod
- ล ฤลลงลง ฤ - ๐บ๐ฆ ๐
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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