Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@social.cleverlibre.org

What are some good tech-related phrases along the lines of "not the sharpest knife in the drawer" or "a few nuggets short of a happy meal"?

You can decrease the negativity in your life 100% by replacing all the people you know with this quokka

1⃣For 130+ years a Michigan law criminalized hiring transportation to bring voters to the polls.

2⃣In August, my team filed a lawsuit.

3⃣Today, that law was repealed.

⚖️Another way democracy is on the docket!

Lies detected: Zero.

Pro-tip:
It's rude to call someone a liar.

Instead, say that they're in an open relationship with the truth.

Happy Election Day!

Obviously, I voted.

Did you know that studies have shown that sharing "I voted" messages with others encourages people via social pressure to also vote?

So please reply with your voting selfie!

Guided her 275 million followers to Vote.org

Urges her fans to register to vote and to learn about the issues

She’s the catalyst for over 35,000 new voters to register on Vote.org after national voter registration day

I can’t name a single one of her songs, but I’m a Taylor Swift fan

ES&S Touchscreen Voting Systems Fail During Off-Year Elections in Northampton County, PA. Again.

In 2019, same machines recorded ZERO votes for some candidates...

FULL STORY: https://bradblog.com/?p=14838

Every paper in the US should have been posting this headline at least once a month for the last 7 years

These guys hate us. Sick of it

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/opinion/columnists/united-states-right-social-change.html

#politics #uspol #uspolitics

Still archiving my research and organizing screenshots, and just came upon this 2019 gem from former Philly Proud Boys president and convicted 1/6 conspirator Zach Rehl

Vote for the people who want to INCREASE library funding and hire more librarians

Vote for the people who don't want to criminalize renters

Vote for the people who want more unions and cooperatives

Vote for the people who want to make roads more accessible to bikes & pedestrians

Vote for the people who want to feed your kids at school

Vote for the people who want to defend our trans brothers & sisters

voting is harm reduction. it's the minimum to do. so go out and vote against the fascists

#JoeBiden has been a great president. Full stop.

Americans are shockingly unaware of all his accomplishments in office, and we need to change that. I'm gathering good summaries, like this one, of all the good work he has done so I can share widely. If you know of other good graphics or lists, please share in the comments section so I can amplify!

https://www.recorder.com/my-turn-Grosky-Biden-s-Record-and-Accomplishments-52422040

Tom Nichols gets it 90% right in his latest @TheAtlantic post: If democracy dies in the next several years, he says, blame Trump, his democracy-loathing cabal, the Republicans in general, and feckless voters who miss what's at stake.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/11/trump-plot-military-election/675922/?utm_source=press.coop

But while he mentions the press, he doesn't assign nearly enough responsibility to its cowardice and willful refusal to a) recognize what's at stake and b) actively fight to save our system.

(Wishing Nichols would leave deadbird site...)

@ErikUden @AndersBaerbock @kc @rm4 @internetarchive Let's also remember that back when piracy was new and laws around it were not so solid, there were many massive movements from artists to legalize it. There was a particularly large one here in Canada spearheaded by bands like Avril Lavigne, Billy Talent, and Barenaked Ladies.

Piracy is in the artist's interests. Know what isn't? Publishers and record labels. But I assume you have no problem with those.

@AndersBaerbock @kc @rm4 @internetarchive

I have never heard any study suggesting that the Internet Archive, whose digital lending system functions akin to that of a library (INCLUDING **limited* copies being lent*), hurts authors or book publishers.

If you have such a study, as you're making this claim, please share.

There are even studies that show how video game or TV show piracy actually benefits the people behind it.

So, yes the Internet Archive is good for authors AND for preserving important literature corporations and the far right seeks to ban.

Today is ELECTION DAY. There are critical races and issues to be voted upon. Up for grabs is the entire Virginia state legislature, and we need to prevent another Florida from happening there. In Ohio, there’s an abortion rights amendment to the state constitution that the GOP has done everything to try and defeat. And there are key governors’ races in Kentucky and Mississippi. Let’s go, blue voters! Keep the momentum from the midterms going!

Toxic people will dig their own graves, set boundaries, stay out of their way, and let them.