To the people complaining that Mary Peltola's victory in Alaska's at-large Congressional district was an artifact of the ranked-choice vote system, consider this:

Peltola beat Palin with second-place votes reallocated by a little short of 3%.

In the three-way race between Peltola, Palin, and Begich, going only by first-round votes, Peltola beat Palin by 8.7%.

So without ranked choices, Palin loses even worse. Palin lost on first choices and she lost on second choices. She's just a loser.

Trying out the swing set 7yo built with her grandpa. ❤️

@sonnybillglover

Instead of just working with the Lost Apple Project we have been asked to join the committee.

Our first Zoom meeting is tonight. Should be interesting. 🍎😎🍎

@sonnybillglover

Signed.

Go learn more about what this bill does. It's a big fuckin' deal.

Is this what we’ve come to? Finally?

yup

BREAKING: The FBI has seized Chuck Grassley's carrier pigeon.

Just kidding.

I think.

😂

This is decent. Feels a little hollow on the trust aspect. Who better to keep us safe than someone who knows exactly how people are exploited online?

https://gizmodo.com/jester-hacker-trying-to-fix-social-media-countersocial-1849035091

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I suppose that acts of harm are more immediately "rewarding" than acts of kindness...

Most typically, acts of kindness are seeds scattered on fallow soil that germinate later

But harm? Usually that manifests right away.

I wonder if that at times contributes to feelings of futility--because of the slow emergence of benefits from good deeds.

Goodness, like hope, requires looking past the present moment towards an uncertain future.

💙

#keepingon #hope