CouncilOfFriends

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[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

But subscribing is free

[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Most important for me is being able to simply read the ballot and research candidates at my leisure. Not sure about failure points, my state has used mail voting for many years without issue and if Trump's lackey makes ballots go missing I will know because I can track my ballot on the state's website.

A really important point is some voting machines are 'ballot marking devices' which give you a human readable paper ballot with your choices (good) however the actual counting is done using a barcode or QR code (bad). There is never a good reason to prevent voters from verifying their ballot has their intended choices, yet some areas still insist on using these absurd machines.

[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 week ago

Some of us attempt to take reality on reality's terms, rather than pretend we have national ranked choice voting. The only signal people are sending by voting for a third-party presidential candidate is that they are easily fooled into voting against their own interests. Feel free to organize for your preferred alternative during primaries and local elections, and know that the Republican party is not going implement RCV or give one single fuck about Netanyahu continuing his genocide.

[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I haven't used this advice myself yet, I stole it from Kevin

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jkKqxNqzuWE

[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 week ago

Especially since for some reason ambulances light up as targets on the IDF's weapon systems

[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Every time you buy a Big Mac, set one ingredient aside. Then at the end of the week you have a free Big Mac. And you love it even more, because you made it with your own hands.

[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

They still need more information, probably about her emails because they are so far behind on political news.

[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 29 points 1 week ago

Just today I was listening to Peter F. Hamilton's "Exodus: The Archimedes Engine" and the mention of attack dogs with diamond-tipped teeth sounded a little wacky for sci-fi. Sometimes life can be stranger than fiction.

[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well that's not accurate. By weight, Trump is one of their largest customers.

[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Trump is exceptionally unequipped for this because the presidency is the only job Trump ever "applied" for in his life and when we fired him he organized a violent coup, including a gallows for Vice President Michael Pencil. He might really believe resumes contain all of someone's job history, or he may be throwing ketchup at the wall again.

[–] CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.net 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I was about to comment that it makes more sense to put panels in open space, but looking into it does appear some numbers crunchers did the math on efficiency gains from being able to swap old panels with a dedicated machine on the rails, versus the other option.

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