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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 1h

It's that new GOP math. $0.99 x 12 = $30.00

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 1h

I want this so much. 😭

HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 2d

I guess I hit that low point where I'm seriously considering betraying everything I am and stood for just to get money. And I hate that. And I hate that I'm being forced to consider it. But I don't really think I have a choice anymore.

HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody NEEDS this much power. But goddamn if we don't deserve it.

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 3d

I know that trying to get help online is like screaming into a void... But I could use some help in the form of sharing my post below.

Still waiting on a decision for SSDI, but in the meantime I'm missing doctor appointments because I just don't have a way to get to them. It really sucks.

HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · Jul 10

Life’s been rough lately. Multiple surgeries, denied disability, losing my home and all while raising my son alone. We're trying to rebuild, and any support means the world.

GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/josh-and-n...
Cash App: $jkotlowski
Venmo: @jkotlowski
PayPal: [email protected]

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 3d

Good advice for me to look at for my son, though! He's been asking for a new bike. So I'll keep this in mind when I'm shopping for one.

HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you. 🥹

HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 4d

I was trying to record a video for my GFM earlier today, to try and maybe get more attention on it.

And I hated everything about it. I looked bad. And I sound worse. 😭

I just sound like a goofy southerner. I hate it so much. 😭😭😭

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 4d

Careful, Trump might send ICE to harass you for that. 😭

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 4d

Dang, she told me that too. Me and Milhouse are bros. 😭

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Bill Doran @foamsmith.com · 4d

Years ago, I challenged myself by bringing the anime Trigun's Vash the Stampede revolver into 3D space! I wanted all the revolver parts to work, so I prototyped a few versions and this is the result. #trigun

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 4d

I bought the STL right after you made them available even though I didn't (and still don't) have a 3D printer. 😂

This is like, one of the props that I've just always wanted. It's such a cool looking thing!

Someday I'll get a printer and make it. 🥹

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 4d

My parents always told me that I could be anything I wanted. 🥹

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Austin Lee Matthews 🐭 @amtrax.bsky.social · 4d

In the script for FF7Remake, every time somebody needs to respond to something Roche says, the script direction is “Nobody likes Roche.”

Viewtiful O. @viewtifulo.com · 4d

15. What piece of obscure gaming trivia do you know?

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 4d

Bro. 😭

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, yes you can.

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 4d

That's great! And I know electric bikes have a lot of perks and benefits too.

I'm just disabled, have had three back surgeries and have basically no feeling in my right leg and foot. So biking seems like it'd be pretty dangerous for me. Especially since I'd be learning, since I didn't as a kid. 😂

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 4d

Had a breakdown and cried for like 20 minutes when I got back to the car. And the rest of the day I just felt awful. I didn't sleep much last night either.

Woke up and still just don't want to do anything. This really sucks. Why can't anything ever go right for me?

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 4d

Moment of vulnerability.

Had a bad day yesterday. Saw my surgeon for a followup after my surgery and needed him to sign a couple papers for my disability case that my lawyer said would help.

And he just flatly refused to do it. Practically begged, he said no, he didn't want to get involved.

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 4d

Dang, love Kim's books. The Mars Trilogy and Aurora are some of my favorites.

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, I don't think these guys have ever seen -me- on a bike before, otherwise it wouldn't have made the top of the list. 😩

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 5d

Looks terrible. But at least the art will be neat to look at for a year, after which the game will probably be canceled.

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 5d

Elon trolls seem to be finding this, so just a notice: If you quote me trying to start an argument, I'm going to detach the quote and then block you. I don't have the time or the energy to tell you why you're wrong. Just know that you are.

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 5d

Yep. It's just money to him. He doesn't care about the advancement of science in America, he doesn't care about the progression of humanity beyond Earth, and he surely doesn't care about developing a better understanding of the fundamental principles of the universe. Just greed.

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HighwindMkII (Josh) @jkotlowski.bsky.social · 5d

ESPECIALLY since what little success SpaceX has had recently has come at the expense of NASA and the decades of scientific exploration it's done.

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