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Sr SRE | former disability ERG lead, neurodiversity advocate | postmormon and antifascist | enthusiastic about pop music and Star Trek | gringuito q habla español
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Punk rock kid buskers (‘The Whops’, tiktok) near the Edgware Rd. They run into Paul Simonon, play Death or Glory for him. He asks if they know The Guns of Brixton. They do -

submitted 15 hours ago • 80 comments

It’s so affirming and validating to know that artists you’ve held in high esteem for years are, indeed, good people.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Oh this looks INCREDIBLE

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I LOVE The Great Courses! One of the best collections of adult educational materials anywhere, for language or anything else you could be curious about. I watched a course about the history of cooking a while back that changed my life. It’s so good.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

I’m not alone!!!!!!

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

🙄 Pathetic.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

This is getting ridiculous.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

No, they haven't. '90s Squaresoft is unbeatable.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

RIP to the greatest pop songwriter of the 20th century. We'll still be listening to God Only Knows a hundred years from now.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Sometimes you get high and start waxing idiotic about how The Simpsons is about the journey from Judaism ("Abraham" Simpson) to Hellenism ("Homer" Simpson) and then finally to Christianity ("Bartholomew" Simpson) and then someone tells you to shut the fuck up, and they’re right to do so.

submitted 209 days ago • 80 comments

LIVE: My baby learning to drink from his first sippy cup

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

SLC Pride was great this year. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

RT if you love boobs or if you think ICE should be abolished

submitted 8 days ago • 76 comments

I'm so excited about the #finalfantasytactics announcement today I almost want to cry. It's probably my favorite game of all time. I'd read the Prima strategy guide in-between classes in the 8th grade. I spent my summer vacation mastering classes and clearing out Deep Dungeon. The music alone! 😭❤️

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Years ago, I had just left the Mormon church and had been exploring the world of alcohol for a couple of years. Making up for lost time, but I was in my early 30s so not going crazy by any means.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

I feel a sudden urge to argue about engineering techniques…

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments