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W Scott Simmons
@whisper801.bsky.social
Just some guy trying to be decent.
I've noticed that sometimes I can be prescriptivist and descriptivist in the same breath. For example, I love verbing nouns, but I hate the use of "impact" as a verb.
May 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Taking a break from Meta products this week, so maybe I'll end up posting more stuff here. Or maybe I'll just get more things done in the real world.
Nah. Who does that? ;)
May 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Feeling like "Let America Be America Again" would be an excellent protest sign.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907...
Let America Be America Again
(America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one a...
www.poetryfoundation.org
April 2, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This song keeps playing in my head, recently.
youtu.be/dtQGR6zVYPI?...
Ashley MacIsaac - What An Idiot He Is
YouTube video by IndigoScimitar
youtu.be
March 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
How about that?
February 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I'm a little behind the news cycle on this, but as an AuDHD guy, Musk gets zero slack from me about his Nazi salute. He knows exactly what he did, he meant it, and his lack of apology or regret proves it. If it was an autistic gaffe, he'd be apologizing forever. He's just edgelording.
January 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Reposted by W Scott Simmons
January 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I will die on this hill: "Take the Power Back" (Rage Against the Machine) and "Tick Tick Boom" (The Hives) are salsas!
January 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
More clues:
Attended Animation Mentor and worked as an animator at Element X, Green Grass, ReelFX, Bardel Entertainment, Brazen, and Boiling Point, among others.
Worked in Microsoft Support in the late 90s.
Attended Peary HS in Rockville, MD, Montgomery College, and Towson University.
November 15, 2024 at 11:36 PM
If you wonder "Do I know this guy," here are some clues:

Known as Whisper or Calean in foam fighting games around north Texas and Maryland.
Known as Ruaidhri McCuileann in the SCA.
Went by MoonSon in certain esoteric groups on GEnie back in the early 90s.
Plays lightsaber at Starbird Saber Academy
November 15, 2024 at 11:34 PM
It looks like there's a bit of a migration happening to this platform. Enough to convince me to set up an account here and start looking for established friends. So far, I've only found a few.
November 15, 2024 at 11:27 PM