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Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

This is a remix of my song "Pause The Pain" that I released in February. This is a #darkwave version (or goth) and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. #synthpop #darkwave #goth youtu.be/uCJvoqvNxnw?...

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Pause The Pain (The Goth Remix)

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Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I picked up a classic synth today, a Yamaha DX 27 keyboard. Right now I'm waiting on a USB MIDI connector so I can hook it up to my laptop.

2/2 What does she do? She just repeats the question again! Of course I'm starting to get frustrated, which can lead to a meltdown and I don't want to do THAT at an airport, surrounded by people.

I had a similar experience on Frontier Airlines flying back from Cleveland earlier this month. It appeared that I was going to miss a connecting flight, so I asked a gate agent about it and she asked me a question I didn't understand. I told her that I was autistic and didn't understand her. 1/2

At that point with the rude Walmart guy (he actually told me "we all have our jobs to do") when I was trying to get him to direct me to the damn hoodies, instead of just pointing vaguely in some direction, I had a Karen moment and demanded a supervisor. One came and she was wonderful.

He'll probably get it, too. You kiss the ring and you reap the rewards.

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Had a terrible experience recently at Walmart. Was trying to buy a simple hoodie and the person in the dept just pointed vaguely somewhere and I told them I was autistic and didn't understand what they meant. Another person came to "help" who was incredibly rude and condescending.

Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I'm at #cinemawasteland in Strongville, Ohio. This morning I met and had breakfast with Michael Berryman of "The Hills Have Eyes" fame. That was an odd experience. Also spoke with Cynthia Weintraub just now of "The Prowler" and "Humanoids of The Deep" fame who was absolutely delightful.

Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Just arrived in Strongsville, Ohio and I am #wastelanded

Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Just driving around this area again -- it's just surreal. And all of the memories of my previous life hear came flooding back. All of the laughter and good times we had. Our friends. I didn't expect to hit as hard as it did.

Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

It's #worldautismawarenessday and I was first diagnosed in 2016. I would have been around 44. I had displayed symptoms my whole life really but no one recognized them until my last marriage. Which, ironically, was one of the reasons why that marriage ended. Life can be strange.

Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Moved into the home I'm sharing. One of my new roommates decided to take over my bed. The weird thing is, this place is super close to where I used to live in SE PDX, before moving to Montana. I never thought I'd return here, alone. Back to where I shared a life with someone & we were happy.

Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

How hard is it to give away a ticket to Kraftwerk in Portland at Keller Auditorium on April 6? I have one to give away for free but no one wants it. No strings attached! I'm serious. I will be in Cleveland for Cinema Wasteland and can't go. Message me if you want it. #kraftwerk

Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

It's disgusting. It's like he thinks all of the lessons he learned during his enlistment no longer apply now that he's the VP. I went to the same school this guy did, DINFOS. Some of my classmates are proud he's an alumni. I sure as hell am not.

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Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Back to real life. I will be moving into my new place on the 1st. $900 a month to rent a room. Pretty expensive, but that's typical for this area. If I wanted a studio apt. it would be about $1300 a month at least.

Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I've been channeling the emotion into songs, which helps a little, but it's no replacement for the warm embrace of someone telling you everything's going to be okay, you know?

Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Being autistic, I'm having a hard time dealing with the sorrow and grief that comes from getting divorced. It's no joke. Sometimes I'm okay, and other times it just floods in. It's like being caught in an undertow when you're swimming in an ocean.

Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I'm in London now, I'm going to keep an eye out for those.

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Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

@kellycarlin.bsky.social I am living your dad's "a place for my stuff" routine. I've got stuff in a hotel in Oregon, a smaller version of my stuff now in a hotel in London, and am about to take an even smaller version of THAT to Paris.

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Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Leaving for London tomorrow! It's been a dream destination of mine my whole life. I don't really have any concrete plans other than to explore the city. My hotel isn't in the best location, but it is close to a train.

Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I also booked a trip to the city of my birth (Cleveland) to attend next month's Cinema Wasteland! I've never been to any type of convention in my life because of my social anxiety. This event is geared towards horror movies. April 4-6! I'm very excited. cinemawasteland.com?target=page&...

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Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Hey! It's a new song by my band, Pulse Empire. It'll be out in a few days on all of the major streaming platforms. I wrote it in support of the #trans community who especially need to be seen right now. youtu.be/11Kah1SGKYU?... #synthpop

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Pulse Empire -- "She Always Believed"

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I applied for one of Musk's AI tutor jobs. I figured I might as well try to make some money part-time from the richest man in the world. Of course when they track this account down there's no way they'd hire me.

Maybe by the time he arrives it'll be a bag of crisps with some old Duke or something.

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I have, I'm not kidding, 152,286 points and I have no idea as to what I'm supposed to do with all of them. I'd give them all to you if there were some way to do that. I think I have about 500 trading cards but they're all in the .05 to .07 range but good luck with yours!

I wish I could do the same with my Steam points, I have hundreds of thousands of them. I also have a lot of Steam trading cards but it's so tedious to put them up for sale.

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First Black woman to be Cadet Sergeant Major, that's a pretty big honor. I looked her up, she served honorably to a country that now wants to forget she ever did. As a veteran, it's pretty much like being stabbed in the back now for all the years I put my life on the line to a bunch of racists.

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The only thing I've ever been good at naturally was writing, and I have no way of knowing if that came from being autistic or not.

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I finally have leads on a couple of rooms to rent. I hope something works out, I can't stay in this hotel for too much longer. It was nearly $3K just for three weeks!

@maxgotjokes.bsky.social I enjoyed hanging out with you, Evasive, Laura, Guillermo and the person I could never get to tell her name (she kept saying it was Ralph Fiennes) for the Oscar night stream! You all seem like a great bunch of folks to spend time with.

If they can win back enough seats in the midterms it's POSSIBLE. It just depends on how fed up people are with the GOP by that time. But you're probably right.

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They'd lie to the American people about where the sun rises and sets every day. Of course they gave the credentials to their pals in the Russian state media. How else could it have happened? You don't just wander into the White House and end up where Donald Trump is.

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He has immunity, though, so can't be arrested for anything. It's a nice thought. But...he still can be impeached, since it's not a trial through the criminal justice system. If the Dems can do well in the midterms, who knows?

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It's crazy! I can recall many times while being at the VA clinic where I used to live, in Montana, and overhearing conversations from my fellow vets praising Donald Trump (during his first term) and I had to restrain myself from jumping into the conversations to remind them of their oath.

Proud Navy veteran and almost lifelong Democrat here (I was a Republican for the six years I served, but I was a 17-year-old kid when I enlisted and didn't know any better) and you can count me in. Anyone who has taken the oath should be against MAGA.

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The guy in the clip is making an error in judgment, assuming a MAGA Republican cares about veterans. They don't. They support a man who has ridiculed veterans from the moment he entered politics in 2015.

That's an important message; it should be shouted from the rooftops. Authoritarians throughout history took their power legally! Just as Trump is doing right now. AND it was all there for everyone to read in the Project 2025 documents -- which MAGA claimed WEREN'T there.

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Watched Drew Hancock's "Companion" yesterday. It's a quasi science fiction/horror film whose message, at least to me, doesn't seem to be interpreted by many, because I took it as a tale of abusive men. But I guess that's my life experience as an observer of such behavior. Check it out!

Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I'm sure they're very proud. Being autistic is just part of who we are!

Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Poor Captain Jackson. The man is unhinged, like just about everyone in MAGA. And he's likely violating the Stolen Valor act, but Trump will protect him if anyone decided to pursue it. Trump will probably get Douglas Collins to promote him back to RADM.

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Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Whatever you do, you'll be held to a very different standard of decorum than the GOP delegation has been held to when Biden was president. I think a silent protest is quite effective -- all of you not standing, not cheering, not applauding. Just mute. The entire time.

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Scott Smith @scottcsmith.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The plan is to do something social tonight. Maybe watch people sing karaoke, or do it myself if I can muster the courage. But to be honest, I'm so down I don't know if I can get myself to even go outside. I'll try. I miss my dogs. I miss my life.