Hurricane in Florida. A work friend invited my mom and I to stay at her place if it got bad. I’d spent time with her and her husband before, and thought we would have a good time playing games and hanging out.

It started to get bad, so we headed over. She didn’t answer the door or phone. Finally she comes out, says we woke her up (it’s 3pm) and laughed at us getting “freaked out” by a little wind. Guess we were supposed to wait for the full hurricane force winds before driving across town. Spent the remainder of my birthday on the closet floor with mom and dog.

The Steerswoman series by Rosemary Kirstein, though sadly she never finished it.

See also Emergency Skin by NK Jemison.

I’m not even going to try to type the name of this one. It’s Estonia’s contribution to this year’s Eurovision and it makes me happy every time I hear it.

Apparently the chorus translates roughly to “Why no, officer, those are not our drugs.”

So those polled voters indicate what they want in a poll. Yet those same voters elect (choose) the politicians (their representatives who speak for them) who want something different.

By that logic, everyone who votes for Harris supports Israel’s genocide against Palestine. Voters make the choice they feel is best out of what they’re given.

Because understanding people’s motivations is valuable in figuring out how to reach them. But I’m obviously fucking up the circle jerk.

Are you serious? Because they lie. And because they demonize the other side so hard, their base will vote for them no matter what. For example, polling shows most republican voters are not in favor of extreme abortion restrictions. They want abortion up to a certain point and for certain reasons. But when they’re told the other side is murdering full-norn babies, they go for what seems to them like the lesser evil.

This is an example of why I think it’s important to distinguish between politicians and voters when saying *Republicans want X." Because what they want or believe are often at odds. It would help if we could convince the voters of that.

In one of my best photos 10 years ago I vaguely looked like Lana Parilla, so that would be awesome. Realistically, someone fat.

If nothing else, my family. I don’t have a good sense of the future or life goals, so I keep myself moving by setting small goals. Plans to bake something, working on a painting, just little things around the home.

Thank you. I can’t get certified humane eggs for less than $4, and I live in a low-cost-of-living area. I’m willing to pay more for them.

Person man, person man, Hit on the head with a frying pan, Lives his life in a garbage can, Person man

Is he depressed? Or is he a mess? Does he feel totally worthless? Who came up with person man? Degraded man, Person Man

Their families will be fine. They will just go out of state, or out of country if need be. The poor will suffer. So it goes.

It has to do with going alt-right. Elle Reeve wrote a book about it. If you prefer video, she did an interview with Adam Conover.

Because you don’t want your voters to have to think about nuanced issues. You want them to react with pure emotion.

Strong Bad said it best: “It’s like, even when we win, he wins.”

Just had to spend over $10k on a new air conditioner in the 90F degree heat.

50F is the perfect temperature.

We straight up electing Captain Planet villains.

I’m baking sourdough tomorrow.