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   Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 02:56:19 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

   PSA: On #ElectionDay I will go to bed on time (I am in the European time zone), have a good night of sleep and when I wake up I will make coffee and pancakes, sit around for a while before, around noon, I will finally open up the NYT, WaPo and Guardian pages. During the night, when the misinformation and radical takes saturate all frequencies, I will dream about a better world. I will not waste my precious time with consuming information that only upsets me, without me being able to do anything.

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     Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 03:11:55 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     I am absolutely not saying you should do the same. I remember how I spent the first Obama Election Night at an illegal party in the former Hungarian (or was it Romanian?) embassy in East-Berlin where some people broke into and set up a sound system, lights and bars. It was a looooooong night :) But this time I will protect myself from too much weirdness and check the results once they're a bit more stable.

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     das_menschy (das_menschy@toot.bike)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 03:15:12 JST das_menschy

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     @jwildeboer that's a good plan! Maybe even switch off all electronic devices that could spoil the plan.

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     kkeller (kkeller@curling.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 03:20:33 JST kkeller

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     @jwildeboer it does seem more likely than not that we won't know the results Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

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     💠 Dave No One 💠 (dans_root@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Nov-2024 07:49:47 JST 💠 Dave No One 💠

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     @jwildeboer Ignoring the facts does not help either. I still remember the morning in November 2016 when I woke up to the radio news coming from my alarm clock stating that Trump had won. I’m afraid that this situation might repeat itself next week…