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Scott GS

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So... I'm going to give Bluesky a chance. However, I'm going to use it differently than I've used other "social media" platforms. Pretty much, it'll be where I post personal... read the rest here: https://listed.to/@Scmasm/58912/bluesky-onboarding-post

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Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · 17d

Not likin' what I'm hearin', here abouts. When the CEO is welcoming authoritarians and taunting LGBTQ folks, it's probably time for me to move on.

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · 17d

Not likin' what I'm hearin', here abouts. When the CEO is welcoming authoritarians and taunting LGBTQ folks, it's probably time for me to move on.

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · 19d

And a lovely book it is! Such a gem. ❤

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Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · 20d

Requested a replacement Social Security card less than 4 hours before Trump's Gubmint Shutdown. What are the odds I'll get it in 10 to 14 days? Somewhere between slim and none, I'd guess.

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · 23d

Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy) has some... *concerning* news about the "AI" industry. (Okay, it's bad news. Like, really bad news.)

The problem is that it won't just affect the siloed techbros and their megacorps.

pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

#AI #StockMarket

Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

pluralistic.net

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · 28d

Solar electrification is going well (and *accelerating*) but the rent-seeking oil-igarchs are gonna try to gate-keep the hell out of it. Cory Doctorow's warns of how solar enshitification might proceed:

pluralistic.net/2025/09/23/o...

#SolarPower #enshitification #EnergyTransition

Pluralistic: The enshittification of solar (and how to stop it) (23 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

pluralistic.net

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Sep 20

I wonder if someone could hack a roomba (or another similar device) to play a low-fidelity, 10 bar clip of *Turkey in Straw* for that ice cream truck vibe that would help summer seem to last just a little longer. 😄

#RunOnSentence #hacks #HomeAutomation

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Sep 19

Arrr! It be Talk Like a Pirate Day, matey.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...

#TLAP #TalkLikeAPirateDay

International Talk Like a Pirate Day - Wikipedia

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Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Sep 19

My religion in a nutshell: www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theeg...

The Egg

www.galactanet.com

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Sep 19

We went to CVS at lunch and got walk-up appointments to get ⁨#COVID⁩, ⁨#flu⁩, and ⁨#MMR⁩ (for ⁨#measles⁩) vaccines. We'll be feelin' our arms tonight!

⁨#AntiAntiVax⁩

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Sep 15

... I hear the Hank-Green-voice a lot in both books but that's not a bad thing. He's an actual voice in the audio books but that's not what I mean.

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Sep 15

Finished Hank Green's A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor. I liked this better than the first book. (I still liked the first book and you can't really skip it to read this one so don't try.) ... (cont.)

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Sep 15

Looking forward to it! 💜

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Sep 12

... I looked out the window and saw the back end of a Tesla Wankpanzer (Cybertruck) garishly wrapped in swirling pink and blue slowly driving down the street. Weird. Not sure I'd let my kids approach that vehicle.

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Sep 12

Weird thing happened this evening: I heard what I thought was an ice cream truck - you know, playing Turkey in the Straw? But the sound was higher quality than any I'd ever heard before. It actually had audible bass. ... (cont.)

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Sep 10

That's a good long run!

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Sep 7

Moon Through Yucca

Moon in a light early evening sky viewed between two flowering yucca stalks

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hank Green's (@hankgreen.bsky.social) rant on caffeine. Interesting! Worth a watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Dy...

#caffeine #coffee #tea #chocolate

Caffeine is Very, Very Strange...

YouTube video by vlogbrothers

www.youtube.com

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Sep 6

Today is my 30th anniversary of starting to work at [current place of employment]. Is that a humble-brag?
Or a brag-whine?
Maybe some of each.

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Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm most of the way through John @scalzi.com's *When the Moon Hits Your Eye*. Getting darker but still funny. There's some real heart there.

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Aug 30

Every once in a while my theme song shows up in my YouTube feed and I just have to listen to it ('cuz I'm white and nerdy).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qY...

"Weird Al" Yankovic - White & Nerdy (Official 4K Video)

YouTube video by alyankovicVEVO

www.youtube.com

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Aug 29

But make no mistake. They are unshaken in their resolve:

"We regret that, sadly, unanimity is not possible on this issue and kinder ground eludes us."

Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Aug 29

Being Quakers, they have one of the nicest possible ways to tell someone that they are being a transphobic, triangulating jerk:

www.quaker.org.uk/documents/re...

www.quaker.org.uk

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Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Aug 26

And yet another one...

www.smbc-comics.com/comic/nigh

@ewhowe.com

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Nigh

www.smbc-comics.com

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Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Aug 16

This is one of the reasons I like Bruce Fummey's videos. He often applies the lessons of Scottish history and makes it relevant to today's (and tomorrow's) struggles. Let him "tell you a story."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIg_...

#labor #community #history #solidarity

Why is an Effigy Burning in this Scottish Town?

YouTube video by Scotland History Tours

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Scott GS @scottmgs.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Some suspension-of-disbelief challenges.

I'm not keen on first-person narration. It kinda makes sense here, though, even if it resulted in a few expository lumps.

Overall, good. Would recommend - with caveats for violence.