There’s a divey bar 10m away where people have been watching results the last few years. Might head down there. Pretty sure it’ll be packed.

Alternative is to crawl into bed and wait till January.

Edit: we have a lot of local races (Mayor, City Council, propositions) on the line. Might hit the bar just to watch those and just ignore the national stuff.

There’s no real value to any of it.

Attach free beer to point levels and watch this thing explode.

Yet again, grateful to live in California, where school breakfast and lunches are free to all students. Hands down, best use of my taxes (public libraries are a close #2).

In a previous post, somebody called it a name that will forever live in my head:

WankPanzer.

It’s a tough call. Last bit of independence for someone feeling their world getting smaller. Anecdotally, both my father and father-in-law damaged their cars (one hit the highway median after dozing off) and their wives told them they couldn’t afford to replace the cars. Fortunately, nobody got hurt but it could have been a lot worse.

Friend of mine used to volunteer for the local chapter of a well-known national non-profit. He tried to explain all the technical benefits of setting up a website, yada yada. The board didn’t care and were bored.

He finally set up a small demo on his own. Just a few screens. Ran a small test. Presented static screenshots, along with charts and stats on viewership and engagements. Had mockups of donation pages, volunteer signup screens, newsletters, etc. That was when people saw the value and got interested.

Nobody cares about decentralized social networks, the technology, or how terrible the other outlets are. For a municipality, you may want to focus on maintaining multiple channels of communications and ways to reach and engage the most users. You could then fold the fediverse into it as one more channel. Something they should keep an eye on. They’ll need a way to post the same content to all those channels with the least effort. Something easy that a trained intern or clerk can do.

Guarantee there will be questions of cost of setup, maintenance, and risks. May want to have some answers and slides ready.

Management would fold in 24 hours if they threatened to withhold Wordle.

So Rwanda’s “very lovely gap years” are back on the menu.

In the words of the late Molly Ivins, one of the best political columnists in the U.S.: “The first rule of holes. When you’re in one, stop digging.”

“Congratulations everyone! We’ve proved without a doubt that the earth is flat. What should we do next?”

Firefly

There should be a Shakespeare play with that plot.

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Well, that is nightmare-inducing.

$10 billion in damages.

Obviously, you’re not a golfer.

Big Lebowski.

Ask about ‘Independent Study’ from your faculty adviser. If you don’t have one, go to your Department head. If you don’t have that, ask the Registrar.

Independent Study means you get to propose your own coursework and, if approved, get to do it and get credit for it. You still have to deal with faculty supervision but the subject is specific to you. Think about what you would love to learn and propose a way to get there.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/republican-election-denier-tina-peters-sentenced-to-9-years-in-prison-for-voting-data-scheme

If only there was an example of an official who tried this.

Reading that was a rollercoaster of horror and confusion, ending in relief.

Just started listening to the audiobook version of Robert Caro’s “The Power Broker,” about Robert Moses and New York. Will also check out the book from library in case it has pictures or diagrams.

99% Invisible did a 10-part series on the book this year, so will be toggling back and forth to hear the commentary as well.

The audiobook is around 60 hours. Guessing this all will keep me busy for a couple of months.

Just finished “The Message,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Highly recommended.