politics and all the bits
Dear American citizens; have you checked that you're registered to vote? A good time to check registration deadlines in your state and whether your registration has endured.
(Also, I've heard tell of people who were on the voting roll a month ago and now aren't. So even if you think you are, CHECK AGAIN.)
They really do make voting difficult in the US. Tuesdays to vote. Voter registration. Checking.
Next time I vote, I think I'm going to livestream it to show just how easy it is in Australia. Saturdays from 8am to 6pm! Local polling places everywhere! Walk up and give your name! No ID required!
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I replied to someone on twitter this morning. They were claiming that saying there was racism in Australia was unreasonable because everyone was 'getting along'.
Frankly, 'getting along' is an incredibly low bar for interaction. A slave and their master 'get along'. An abused wife and her asshole husband 'get along'. And non-white people and white people 'get along' so long as the non-white people don't do anything that make the white people feel uncomfy. But bring rights and respect and representation into it, and HELL TO THE NOPE.
The response was longer than that (I was annoyed; he claimed there were so many Chinese in Sydney it was impossible for Australia to be racist), but that was the tail end of it.
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Last day at this workplace today. It will probably be pretty quiet. (Famous last words.)
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Lost hockey again yesterday. They got three short corners and an easy roll-in, and unfortunately two of those short corner goals were off one of our defenders' sticks. (She was really down about that.) We picked up in the last 15 minutes, but it was too late by then. I did score a goal - our only goal - off a short corner. Deflected a hard hit at an angle past the goalie and into the backboard.
Coach is not happy. We're not exactly happy either. But I'm wondering if the...lackadaisical play of some of our team is attributable to a lack of encouragement on the coach's part. Also, a couple of players spend rather too much time questioning the umpire and not enough time playing the game. (It doesn't help that the coach does that, too. Often loud enough for the umpire to hear.)
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I'm going to have to switch to solo track for my
marvel_bang. I'm 11K in and have only just reached the first turning point. There are at least two more to come...
(Also, I've heard tell of people who were on the voting roll a month ago and now aren't. So even if you think you are, CHECK AGAIN.)
They really do make voting difficult in the US. Tuesdays to vote. Voter registration. Checking.
Next time I vote, I think I'm going to livestream it to show just how easy it is in Australia. Saturdays from 8am to 6pm! Local polling places everywhere! Walk up and give your name! No ID required!
--
I replied to someone on twitter this morning. They were claiming that saying there was racism in Australia was unreasonable because everyone was 'getting along'.
Frankly, 'getting along' is an incredibly low bar for interaction. A slave and their master 'get along'. An abused wife and her asshole husband 'get along'. And non-white people and white people 'get along' so long as the non-white people don't do anything that make the white people feel uncomfy. But bring rights and respect and representation into it, and HELL TO THE NOPE.
The response was longer than that (I was annoyed; he claimed there were so many Chinese in Sydney it was impossible for Australia to be racist), but that was the tail end of it.
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Last day at this workplace today. It will probably be pretty quiet. (Famous last words.)
--
Lost hockey again yesterday. They got three short corners and an easy roll-in, and unfortunately two of those short corner goals were off one of our defenders' sticks. (She was really down about that.) We picked up in the last 15 minutes, but it was too late by then. I did score a goal - our only goal - off a short corner. Deflected a hard hit at an angle past the goalie and into the backboard.
Coach is not happy. We're not exactly happy either. But I'm wondering if the...lackadaisical play of some of our team is attributable to a lack of encouragement on the coach's part. Also, a couple of players spend rather too much time questioning the umpire and not enough time playing the game. (It doesn't help that the coach does that, too. Often loud enough for the umpire to hear.)
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I'm going to have to switch to solo track for my
marvel_bang. I'm 11K in and have only just reached the first turning point. There are at least two more to come...