If this shift is both A)right and B) representative across states, Harris is looking at over 400 electoral votes on Tuesday. I feel crazy just typing that

The good news is that Biden is president this time, not trump. Plus the immunity for protecting democracy by ruthlessly enforcing election integrity

Horrifying

“that ‘I voted’ sticker is sexy…” Normalize fetishizing political involvement!

Whether he wants them to or not

Maybe this is overly generous, but I kind of feel like Elon genuinely believes he’s a special genius who can “save” the world and usher in a nominally benevolent techno-oligarchy with him at the helm. So he supports trump because a) trump will let him do whatever he wants without regulation or enforcement, and b) Harris won’t, and she might take a look at his accounting and government contracts.

Also maybe because Ketamine

I posted twice, automod got one of them, but the other was gloriously empowering. Can recommend 8/10 Edit: I’m definitely a lurker though. We have value and votes, and are important to the ecosystem!

That it is

Honestly, me too and I don’t have much of a plan. I tried doing some pushups the other day and was shocked how much capacity I’ve lost. Following the wisdom that the hardest part of a run is lacing up your shoes, i’m just telling myself to do something every day. 3 sets of pushups. Squats during ad breaks. Walk to the store for a snack. That kind of thing A little bit of physical activity is a great distraction from the anxiety in my head

Doomscrolling, exercise, and looking up firing ranges near me. Been a few decades since last I went

I’m a big fan of Khan’s efforts, but I don’t know that I’m ready to judge Harris for not giving her a full-throated defense. Her campaign is extraordinarily disciplined and focused in their topics and messaging, and digressing to FTC appointments could easily not be advantageous. I hope Harris wins and Khan is even more empowered for the sake of our country, but the crap of FPTP reality is that Harris simply Has to win

Welcome!

I’m absolutely stressed. I already voted, which didn’t help at all. I might need to unplug and dissociate for a few weeks just to get over 5 hours of sleep in a go

Locally, yes. Solar (and wind) energy isn’t uniform in timing or location, so when there’s too much of it relative to consumption, there needs to be a profitable way to use it rather than just dumping it into resistive heating or letting the panels wear out faster at open circuit. Desalination is a pretty good idea since places with high solar resources also tend to be poorer in water resources. The challenge is the capital costs of desalination plants and competition with existing water sources - water rights are a giant ratfuck by themselves. I think it’ll make sense to build desalination plants that can absorb excess energy generation, but if there’s even political will for it, they’ll take a lot of time to build up

Juggalos are surprisingly decent, given their image. I may not be down with the clown, myself, but they’re alright

NY Dem leadership really crapped the bed in 2022, losing seats they shouldntve. I suppose this election will show if they got their act together

Did they at least give you a cut of the spend? Maybe that should be a rule - 10% of the money spent on political ad buys is distributed evenly to all the poor schmucks who have to get bombarded by them!

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I voted for it. Seems the best way to avoid electing extremists. Some 30% of polled respondents say it’s too confusing, but I think they’ll figure it out

If it isn’t soon, we may get president Vance…