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@Nonilex@masto.ai They seem to be saying let him block mail voting and you can sue once it’s too late to save the election, then after the damage is done they might decide it was illegal.
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mastodon 4.7.2I live in Seattle. I make music. I record music. I bake bread. I read a lot of Science Fiction. I have two cats and I am not too proud to use them in a cheap ploy to get engagement.
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I love the Ballot Alert text messages I get from King County Elections. I get one when they mail my ballot so I know when to look for. I get one when they collect my ballot from the drop box so I know they have it. Then, I get one when they verify my signature that tells it’s all good and my ballot will be counted. Also, that one is a good reason to vote early. If they can’t verify your signature you know and have time to fix it.
#Seattle #Voting
Sam Altman saying OpenAI had found a way to work on classified Defense operations without violating their principles sounds a lot like Lando Calrissian saying “I just made a deal that’ll keep the Empire out of here forever.”
I am a greedy reader, and it gets me in trouble. I currently have eleven books on hold at my library, which means I’m waiting in line. I can see how far back in line I am, but that is not super useful in predicting when my turn might come up, so I wait. While waiting, I check out less popular books, then a bunch of my holds will come up at once. I see this is about to happen again. I will have three weeks to read several books. When this happens, other things in my life get put on hold. #books
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@exchgr@mastodon.world If they can find another way to take money that should otherwise go to musicians they will. Up next Spotify counterfeit merch “Get a Spotify T-shirt of your favorite band’s tour!”
If you are a voter in Washington State you should be getting your ballot for the August primary in the mail soon (I just got mine). There are four State Supreme Court primaries, and these races are often the hardest to figure out. This tool from the Northwest Progressive Institute has info about all the candidates in each race and a handy view of who is endorsing each.
https://www.washingtonsupremecourt.org/
#WashingtonState #Seattle #Voting
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@Dave3307@beige.party I live right in Jimothy’s neighborhood and get raccoons in my yard regularly and I’ve never seen the guy. I feel snubbed.
I listened to the entire argument in the Birthright citizenship case today, and my biggest impression from the whole thing is that the ACLU attorney Cecelia Wang is just super awesome at her job.
#SCOTUS
One time (ok maybe a few times) when I was a kid I found this whole plastic jar of premade cake frosting in the cupboard, So I got a spoon and ate it. My Mom was like “Did you eat that frosting?” And instead of answering I declared war on my brother, to protect us all from the imminent threat he represented. But still, I had to answer for the frosting. The war did not go as well as I hoped.
So to be clear, in this story the frosting is really the Epstein files, and my brother is Iran.
Meta is not just a toxic force in the politics of the United Staes, it’s also actively paying people to poison the discourse in Canadian politics.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/facebook-overseas-alberta-separtism-9.7223966
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@futurebird@sauropods.win Imagine the calorie needs of being huge. What would I eat? Seems like there is a ton of stuff to eat at small scales. My biggest danger as a tiny person would probably be my cats.
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@checkervest I loved that book. Just the way it looks into the lives of ordinary people from so long ago. It really brings their culture to life in a way that a history of Kings never can.
I’m sure I misunderstand the legal meaning of the word “jurisdiction”, because in my understanding of it, if a person is not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, they could not be prosecuted for crimes by the United States — as is the case with foreign diplomats. So if the government thinks people here on temporary visas or who have entered illegally are not subject to the jurisdiction, then they shouldn’t be prosecuting these people for crimes. But they are. What am I missing here?
Today is Bandcamp Friday, and I’m recommending the new Album “Aposta Amorosa” from Marco de Carvalho just released today: https://marcodecarvalho.bandcamp.com/album/aposta-amorosa
Marco was raised in Rio de Janeiro (now based in Seattle) and plays Samba and related styles of music on nylon string guitar. This album is a collection of 21 original compositions both instrumental and songs. I worked on this album with him doing all the recording and mixing. I love it.
#BandcampFriday
Tomorrow is #bandcampfriday and I’m releasing a record from Betty Ford Falcons, a great Seattle live rock band from the 2000s. Recorded on 2009 this captures the band at their peak. This is some great Rock and Roll. Also I played guitar on this, recorded and mixed it. The release now is a tribute to our front man David Eronemo who passed away in 2024. Dig it.
https://bettyfordfalcons.bandcamp.com/album/real-low-down
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@geekysteven@beige.party I think too many subscriptions he forgot about was behind Young Werther’s sorrows.