Grouchy IT guy. Former coastal hazards analyst for NC DCM. UNC and VIMS alum. Trying to be a good listener. See pinned tweet for the etc. He/him.
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Husband. Father. Tar Heel. IT guy. Marine Scientist. Liberal. Feminist. Photographer. Everton FC and Green Bay Packers fan. Veteran of the Internet Science Wars, Climate and Evolution campaigns. Coffee and beer enthusiast. Unrepentant smartass. Somewhat argumentative.
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Even if Harris wins, a reminder that it should never have been this close. And we will need to reckon with the fact that half the country voted for fascism for a long time.
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BREAKING - Over 40 different fake bomb threats have now been called into Democratic-leaning polling places
And they're coming from RUSSIA
This should literally be THE story right now -- it is blatant and brazen election interference to steal the election for Trump
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Whatever the result, it will never not be absolutely terrible that it’s even this close.
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Russia calling in bomb threats to polling places in liberal districts across the country should be bigger news right now. They’re interfering for Trump right in the open, right in front of our faces
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Read the whole article so the last sentence hits the way it was intended.
politico.com/news/magazine/2…
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Lessie Benningfield Randle, a 109 year old survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, voted for Kamala Harris on Friday. She was born when women didn't have the right to vote.
theblackwallsttimes.com/2024…
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It’s weird that it’s apparently only women and people of color who have to get over things and stop being offended.
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Reflecting on this, it’s difficult to interpret “technology is this incredible alternative to politics” differently from “rape is this incredible alternative to consent.” And the dynamics are similar; people are being coerced into something they flatly disagree with.
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What’s the term for a political system where a couple suburbs in Pennsylvania decide the fate of 300 million+ people?
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Defeating the Trump-Musk conspiracy would be satisfying in the sense of cutting two arrogant degenerates down to size. But the real reason to do itis that a society reshaped by their overlapping worldviews would be much shittier than what we have now. offmessage.net/p/elon-musk-r…
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Still undecided in this year’s election?
How to vote in 2 easy steps:
1) Figure out who the Nazis are supporting
2) Vote for the opposite
