I woke at 3:45am, cursing. So damn tired. But I went looking for the inauguration videos, and got the tail end of Biden's speech, Amazing Grace, the young poet laureate, and the prayer guy. Started to watch them all go out, then got hit by tiredness, turned it off and went back to sleep. Woke up to a 7:15am work alarm to check on a transfer that's ( Read more... )

The BNF.

Her fans, in whose eyes she can do no wrong.

The mods and superusers dropping or encouraging the banhammer - some of whom love her, some of whom hate her. Some of whom just want her gone, others who think she brings value to the community.

The stans of free speech. The stans of responsibilities when rising to BNF status in fandom. The stans ( Read more... )

I woke at 4am thinking of all the insurrectionists today who will wake up to phone calls from media companies trying to interview them.

Well, actually, I woke from a dream where ( emotional trauma; pets dying )

So, I guess if Ossoff wins, then all that's left is for Mitch to expire, eh?

I mean, timeframe, mimeshame. I'm not going to be picky about when, so long as it's during election season...

I'm going to need an new US Presidential icon. Or maybe just a Stacey Abrams one.

I would usually write "a plague on whoever came up with that old 90s R&B vid of the guy singing the song about counting before he 'starts all over again' and posted it EVERYWHERE to describe Nevada's ballot counting" but with COVID on the planet, it seems unwise.

BUT DAMMIT I'VE HAD THAT SONG IN MY HEAD FOR FOUR FREAKING DAYS.

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My maths/politics ( Read more... )

Woke up at 4am, right around the time the AP called it. My feeds rapidly filled with celebration.

Sun's not up here yet, but I have an 8am zoom call with some of the women in the Pantsuit Politics community. Hm. I wonder if I can get an American-themed background up before then. I'm sure I have the fabrics. And it would distract me suitably from ( Read more... )

If you think your day was bad, just remember Vladimir Putin lost both the Russian and American presidencies today
- The Chaser (blue tick) (@chaser) November 6, 2020

Stay safe and stay strong tomorrow, my US friends.

I'm praying for the results we hope for: indisputable, solid, and real. But if not, then we'll all Wait For It.

And even if that outcome isn't what we hoped for, then I'll be grieving alongside you, and praying for you to remain strong - as we all will have to be.

*hugs*

Overpopulation is a convenient scapegoat so we can continue to consuem
The issue is not the headcount, but what that headcount consumes: 1 billion westerners consume far more than 1 billion third-worlders.

Unlearning The Myth Of American Innocence
An American unlearns her history.

The White People backlash against Black Lives Matter

An aromantic ( Read more... )

US Politics: A Chart With The Nitty Gritty of Voting

Conflicted Allegiance
A US Christian reflecting on the Pledge of Allegiance, and on Christianity and politics. It's aimed at a US audience, but I feel this works for Australia, too.

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Christian and related:

Early Church Understandings Of Jesus as the Female Divine
Haven't actually read this yet.

A ( Read more... )