Rivet the Middle-Aged Butch™
@snarkytomboy
Middle Aged (48) AuDHD plus size trans sapphic gearhead lumberjane gamer. Tomboy butch. She/They ⚧ I like tinkering with radios, electronics, and cars. I have degrees in CompSci & Film. PNW based. I like pews & drive for a living. Fan of all things Spoopy
There's a reason. This is my Gambler 500 rig & Fan Group Tribute car:
I'm more accustomed to the skies turning green from Tornadoes than I am the skies being yellow and spicy from soot and fire. It was incredibly surreal and incredibly spooky and felt like living in a real life Silent Hill. (Picture from September 10, 2020 - Salem, OR)
Facebook *really* thought I needed to see this entitled cishet yt guy whine how Worldcon didn't cater to him because they instead made room for inclusive programming. Is comments are not going the way he thought they would. 😂
Royal Dano.. Tom Fury from Something Wicked This Way Comes, Mr. Wrenchmuller from Spaced Invaders, Farmer Gene from Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Twin Peaks, and so many Westerns..
For example, this is my newest portable meshtastic node on heltec v4 hardware using meshoregon.com settings in a case I printed myself.
The problem with a lot of Mutual Aid is that often you don't know if it's legit, if it's helping real people, and what really happens with the funds that get sent. In this case I can share the update that with the help from the GFM & shares, they got their vehicle back. Direct, real aid to real folk
Many years ago, Kate Bornstein asked if she could put a tweet of mine in a book. I forgot about it and never bothered to see if it actually made it in. Turns out it did. Here I am, in Kate's _My ^New Gender Workbook_. Huh.
Tested my 4:1unun & 17-five Rybakov Jr. Antenna yesterday, & my g90 picked up stations in SoCal 800+ miles away. Super happy.
I did some reading last night, and I'm missing the rca phono antenna jumper that the older icoms used, which may be limiting it's receive drastically. Gonna get a patch cable & test it.
Name a tv show you're positive no one remembers but you.
Here's a photo of one of the costume wings I was working on at the time, to give you an idea.. :) (Made with spray foam on an armature and suede leather)
I bought myself a little toy school bus today because it's a thing we bus drivers seem to do 😁
My new (to me) very clean icom 735 hf ham transceiver arrived today. Now I just gotta rig up antenna(s) and get on the air.
Today's project: replace a stretched belt in a vintage portable cassette player, success. Loaded in it: UHF by Weird Al. All so I can plug into my car aux-in and scour thrift stores and truck stops for tapes that time forgot on road trips. Because reasons.
Today's breakfast conversation with dad summed up in a meme. Amazingly, dad fully recognizes and accepts the concept of being neurospicy and autistic, he just doesn't accept or grok the names for it (which is almost as harmful because you can't get help for or treat something if you can't name it.)
My co-workers are the best. They got Nuka Sodas and gave me some.
I haven't posted a recent selfie in a while, so here
So do you think I can call Hawkins, Indiana with this? :D (Finally got my original ST style walkie today. Had to clean it up and adjust it a little but it works great.)
Being the movie geek and ham/radio geek that I am, I couldn't resist much of the props and tech used in Stranger Things. Especially if you can get stuff that's still functional, still works, and still has a use or purpose in today's world. So I got a ST-adjacent CB-Walkie cheap on auction. Because.
This is a treasure I picked up yesterday from a Holiday craft market, from reclaimed fabrics.. I love satchels and earth tones and so it called my name for a laptop pouch.. 😁
Growing up were there any moments in movies that traumatized you? The Lollipop Dragon - Bad Guy "Baron Bad Blood" literally gets magically turned into a tree. Forgive the bad pun, but I've been twigged out by that idea ever since. The live action Cowboy Bebop episode was a bad PTSD trip for me.
Finally got a good full body picture of me in my Ghostbuster uniform today at work for Halloween. <3
Welcome to my church. I make magic happen. Music is life.
First pics of my Knights of Guinevere Frankie cosplay!
I mean, I literally have a random picture from a few years ago wearing identical coveralls and looking like Frankie (minus hat) and all my friends agree that I was destined to do this cosplay. Super excited!
Yesterday I got my second belated birthday gift for myself (as well as treating myself after all the sickness I've had the last two weeks) a glow in the dark purple slime drip Spooky tumbler. Yes it's from Bougie Coffee™️ but mainly it appeals to us ghosthead goths. 🎃👻
@the0racle.bsky.social you asked on fb for me to share photos of bookstore trips, and I made one yesterday. Enjoy!