Notices by Janis (janisf@mstdn.social)

@eribosot The only common theme I can find is hatred of Democrats, while not understanding the actual political landscape.

This moment feels like five minutes after a car accident, when your head reattaches to your body. I think, perhaps what we need to do is figure out, proverbially, which tow company to call and get off the street so we don't get hit.

@ekis This seems to be a pretty good explaiiner about how things get called before votes are officially tallied. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-us-election-results/

It isn't occurring to you that Democrats keep losing because rumor has it they're so dumb they keep losing?

Let's cut to the chase, then. What is it you think the Democratic party isn't learning, exactly?

@forpeterssake @tarheel @mekkaokereke I'm not saying you're wrong. There may be a more useful way to look at this, though. Women's suffrage may never have been a thing if she hadn't been able to get the racists on board with it. The thing about power is you can't get it without touching it and not making it recoil.

I don't have a good answer. Fighting for peace doesn't make sense, either.

@mekkaokereke @forpeterssake @tarheel Glad you're smarter than I am. Have fun with that.

The dicey fight and delicate balance continues. Feminism, racism, gender discrimination, poverty, star-bellied or not. Scared people will find a way to try to hoard power, and it will always be one of the most difficult things to do to look in the mirror and ask yourself if you're hoarding it, needlessly giving it up, or using it for yourself, someone else, or mindlessly.

Eager to see where you lead.

Architect mag singing the praises of SpaceX....

buh-bye.

The Women In Stem push be like, "Put your asses where we can grab 'em!" and then, "Fuck cancel culture!" and, "No one wants to work!"

Support women architects.

Help men math.

#Architecture from where I sit

@Blinxeto @democratsabroad Reduce, reuse, recycle? I mean, China isn't buying ours any more. No one will take this trash, and there's no where to put it. Burn 'em like witches? We have no Australia. Make prisons white again?

For real, tho. Keep the trash out of power, but there's no "out."

Pussy-grabber says manhood is under attack.

@FlashMobOfOne @geekysteven Post-Carter?

I'm not talking about lesser evil. It's all evil. It's the pursuit of power. What ends up beneficial is whether or not that power is distributed in a way that allows people to empower each other.

We have three means to power: communication (including education), our vote, and our dollars. Yes, our vote has too little power. That power has been eroding since the 1970's, not in small part because people with money have figured how to leverage speech platforms.

Vote for democracy.

I'm not offering hopey-changey. I'm asking you to recognize how bad it is, how deftly conservatives have drummed out nearly all power Leftists have, and that we simply can't afford direct pursuit of a multi-party system while the two-party system has lost so much ground to the almighty dollar.

Empower women. Join a union, or unionize. Support more voting. Distribute the power just like you want those up at the top to do.

@aral @IanDSmith Social services watch your every single bank transaction if you're getting any state benefits.

Justices are voted in by Senators. The Senate is weighted much more heavily to less-populated (conservative) states than even the Electoral College.

If you can't put it together how conservatives have retained power by making their own votes heavier, and that their fight is against representative democracy, I'm not sure I can help you.

Yes, the math works. SCOTUS is heavily conservative.

If Dems & Leftists want the wins, the numbers on the ground need to be overwhelming.... consistently.

MH diseases are physical diseases, often times with very identifiable causes, with physical ramifications and complications.

The resistance is insurer push-back so they can pad the pockets of shareholders.

Some please call Sam Altman. UBI won't happen until beneficiaries' medical needs are effectively met--Republicans won't let it happen.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-happens-in-the-brain-to-cause-depression-20240523/

@jeffowski It's interesting, though, to hear that some people feel like they can't make it on two $100K salaries in the house, while others don't complain about one $65K income. I'm not making any judgments, but without digging into how, exactly, their personal finances work, it's hard to say what's going on.

but yes, wages are still near all-time lows compared to investment incomes. We simply don't live in the labor-based, labor-supportive economy most people think it is.

@CatDragon @jeffowski I just heard a set of mini-interviews of locals. So, the people I'm talking about live in the same city. yes, there are lots of factors. When you bought your house or signed your lease can be a substantial one.

Person A says the car accident was not their fault.

State Trooper agrees with Person B that it was.

Insurance goes with whatever the court decides, which depends on the judge, and the state trooper.

Insurance algorithmically decides who costs more, and charges accordingly based on residential neighborhood & past costs.

This is how redlining, capitalism, courts, and cops STILL all work
together to support racism and keep poor people poor.

Shall we talk credit scores?

@inthehands @gutenberg_org She's written underperformed choral music, too. It would trigger the angry feminist in me when the director tried to be smug by pulling out one of the two women composers they had on the shelf at Schmitt.

So, in response, let's get more of that propular and printed! https://libbylarsen.com/

@inthehands

Ren Fest.

Michael's.

The makers are gonna win this one.

@inthehands My fear is that if she's putting this question out there and doesn't get an answer, it could make the Harris campaign appear insensitive or worse. If she sits with no answer, it could make Omar appear complacent. I'm convinced neither is the case, but I'm not sure everyone is.

The problem, IMHO, is that the delays are *necessarily* coming from the situation on the ground in the posh embassies and such, where all the press gives us is Gaza footage.

@inthehands The message we send when we elect a peace broker vs. an autocrat-wannabe salesman surpasses policy specifics... that will likely have to change to accommodate a volatile situation.

We as a public have a chance with Democrats to speak to what it means to model democracy, allyship, collaboration, clear & proven methods to peace. There comes a point where demanding methodology details is counterproductive to the decision process at hand.