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scoutingforzen.bsky.social
He/they, 31, research editor for Car and Driver and Road & Track. Fantasy, anime, and D&D nerd as well as bicycle and motorcycle caretaker. Views are my own.
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You've got stardust in your feathers ✨

Goodbye, Amamiya the Abarth. It was a wild time--now it's someone else's turn to get on the roller coaster

I have a new level of anger for people who drive on bald tires because this is the FOURTH TIME a bit of broken steel radial from a bald tire has given my bicycle a flat

We remember Dave Mallow, who has passed. He spent decades acting, writing, & directing. Fans know him as Angemon & many more in Digimon, many voices in Power Rangers, & we can barely scratch the list. Mallow was known to be friendly & to happily give advice. He will be missed.

Rest in Peace, Dave Mallow. The world loved your amazing performance as the English voice of Amarao. #FLCL

If you wait until you're ready to start, you never will.

Have privilege? This is the time to use it. Trans, Disabled, BIPOC, Immigrant, Queer, poor folks, etc. are and HAVE been fighting for our and everyone else's rights for far longer than you might realize. We don't need your guilt or your apathy or your doom scrolling. We need your action.

A year ago, we didn't know it yet, but he had left us ;_; Forever in our hearts, Toriyama sensei.

Because *gestures at world* I'm experimenting with how bitters affect cocktails. And it's amazing how one thing can change a Manhattan

My thoughts on realism in movies and games

If you live in: ● Alaska ● Alabama ● Arkansas ● Florida ● Georgia ● Indiana ● Iowa ● Kansas ● Louisiana ● Missouri ● Montana ● Nebraska ● South Carolina ● South Dakota ● Texas ● Utah ● West Virginia You should be SCREAMING at your state's Attorney General to drop the case. dredf.org/protect-504/

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

PSA: 1. If you are not silly, it is vital you become silly 2. If you are silly, you must stay silly 2. If you used to be silly but have stopped, you must make all efforts to return to silliness

My home audio setup is finally complete!

They will go after Wikipedia. They will go after libraries. They will go after school boards and public extracurricular activities that are anything but sports. They will go after archives. Because knowledge, education, culture, and progressives are all the enemy. Thinking is the enemy.

hi, cis folks! meet S.9. it's the senate sports ban for trans athletes that matches what passed the house & they'd love a bill for trump to sign day one. short call scripts for democratic & GOP senators follow. if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵 
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...

I don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had. * RIP David Lynch

fix their hearts or die

I guess I'm escaping from Hell and slaying demons/evil souls

Get ready for the return of “Pope Endorses Donald Trump” and other similar viral bullshit. This is part of the redefinition of “freedom of speech” to mean “freedom from moderation,” where any limit on algorithmic boosting or virality at all is “”censorship””. www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...

My dear friend, Mike McFarland, went in this week with what he assumed was an inner ear infection and turned out to be a massive brain tumor. After undergoing successful emergency surgery, he is recovering with friends, but still very much in need of support. gofund.me/075d80b0

Thank you to @everylibrary.bsky.social for creating a legislation tracker for the 26 book banning bills already up for 2025. Check this list to see if your state is on it, and if it is then use the @5calls.org app to call your state reps to yell about it. www.everylibrary.org/billtracking...

Well, I just fulfilled one New Years resolution: permanently getting rid of the mouse that kept getting into my apartment

May 2025 be better for you than 2024 was. And may we all fight to make sure of it. Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination

Agree with both the thread and the screenshot that kicked it off, which I am reposting with more useful alt text