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Ottawa, Ontario. Retired medical researcher and professor.
Joined Nov 2017
I probably would have paid $8 for a Twitter where it guaranteed that users hate somehow identified and could be held responsible. That would have minimized trolling and hate speech and would have been worth it. I’ve blocked nearly 800 over there and it barely made a dent. But this nonsense over there is obviously just making everything worse. Although I must admit to being amused by all the blue checkmark-verified Popes fighting it out today. But the surge of fascists and hate speech? Nope.
It’s not pretty on Twitter right now.
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It is my duty to let you know that the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank 47 years ago, killing the entire crew.
This tragedy gave way to what is one of Canada's most endearing anthemic songs by our dearly beloved national treasure, the 83-year-old Gordon Lightfoot.
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Glad I didn’t buy a shitty website and tell everyone to vote for fascists. That would be embarrassing.
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Conservative media does a lot of damage under a pretense of Free Speech that should not apply to corporations at all. #politics
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@ZonaPellucida ... just a prep for 2024!
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“If you wish to become a philosopher, the first thing to realise is that most people go through life with a whole world of beliefs that have no sort of rational justification, and that one man’s world of beliefs is apt to be incompatible with another man’s, so that they cannot both be right. People’s opinions are mainly designed to make them feel comfortable; truth, for most people is a secondary consideration.”
― Bertrand Russell, The Art of Philosophizing and other Essays (1942)
Cautiously optimistic. I still think there is a very dangerous fascist-like movement in the US that has core support from something like 25% and tacit acceptance from another 25% who think they’d benefit somehow, but they haven’t gained power last night anywhere near as much as I feared. Let’s drink to a 2-year reprieve! #politics
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Reproductive rights added to Vermont state constitution.
Hassan beats Bolduc in NH Senate race. #politics. Called races are 43:43 D:R in senate right now.
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Josh Shapiro projected winner as PA governor
The New York Times’s (superbly annoying) election needle has moved for the House from Probably Republican to Lean Republican.
Lauren Boebert is running 4 points behind with 71% of the vote in. CO3. #politics 🎉
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The only seats Republicans have flipped so far are seats that they gerrymandered so they couldn't lose. They are underperforming virtually everywhere else. This is not going as the GOP hoped. The House can go either way—but this is not the red wave the GOP expected.
Not the big Republican wave that we feared, so far. #politics
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Putting on my Poli Sci/retired political consultant hat to offer my opinion about tomorrow ...
I think the Rs will win a narrow majority in the House. The next two years will be a clown show as they shut down the government and stage phony investigations. They'll get tossed out in 2024.
I think the Ds will retain the Senate majority, but it will be close, maybe 51-49.
FL will be a clean sweep for Rs. (1/x)
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It’s not too late to register to #Vote! Come on, folks! This is not the election to sit out. It’s close. We need EVERY vote. #VoteBlue2022 #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy
Tomorrow is most likely going to be just terrible. 🇺🇸, vote and do anything else you can. Starting Wednesday, it will be important to look ahead to the next chance to fix things. 🇨🇦, we need to make sure it doesn’t spread to here. It’s already on the rise, as we feared. #politics
Finally seeing a few people from Ottawa showing up here !
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New folks. The server stack is either overloaded or being attacked....or both. This is NOT how it normally is around here.
I'm sure J is on it. Give it some time.
Jay 🇨🇦🇺🇸
Ottawa, Ontario. Retired medical researcher and professor.
Joined Nov 2017