It appears the number of candidates equals the number of seats open on the city council. It doesn’t necessarily refute your point about who are the candidates, but if more people were running they would have held the election.
Possibly infeasible Suggestion #3. Work with AO3 and its parent organization to see if there’s a way to give it ActivityPub support and assist in implementation?
[F-slur]s and their Friends Between Revolutions by the late Larry Mitchell is a fable written mostly in small poems about a society that marginalizes queer people as they build and rebuild their community. It was written in pre-HIV era New York, but is timeless in its chaotic radical fairy tone. It discusses some social and sexual practices rather explicitly, so if you don’t think it’s for you, it might not be.
Honestly, I use Reddit more now that I’m also on the threadiverse. There’s active local content and more Reddits and posts tied to the genres of books I read. Yes, I should be the change I want to see, but there’s only so much of that I can do.
I've had the desire to write a satirical swiftian letter to the editor to a national paper talking about how to tax Americans "fairly" where every single American pays the same amount in taxes regardless of age and income. Billionaires and babies owing the same amount, some ridiculous amount like $50k per person. Then I realized some people might take it as an actual suggestion and try to put it into practice.
I used to work a small job at a big name liberal/progressive(ish) think tank during the ‘08 election. These organizations are filled with thought leaders who are usually brought into administrations at high levels. They have constantly been creating plans to implement progressive changes. They had plans in ‘08. If it weren’t for McConnell & the bank bailouts we would have gotten much more than DACA and the ACA out of Obama’s presidency. HRC had so many very good policy plans that were ready to go if elected that were visible on her website. No swing voter elected Trump for project 2025. What made project 2025 so successful was Trump’s willingness to blast through every guardrail and Congressional republicans unwilling to protect their power.
TLDR: Project 2029 broadly exists. It will be implemented if Dems have congressional power.
JFC the Quake’s death toll in Haiti was larger than the Christmas tsunami and particularly insane considering the quake’s strength and about a century of learning how to build in earthquake zones.
I dunno. I think he and his businesses have come out very well through government contracts, removal of investigations by several branches, and very generous tax breaks for the wealthy.
Musk cares about starving children. He made sure we didn’t give government money to them so they could starve better. He also made sure kids sick with treatable diseases could die faster. Efficiencies!
I love this world where we can be arrested and jailed and have our lives ruined because cops can’t be arsed to verify whether somebody was anywhere else at the time because a machine said ”It’s him…I guess.”
It appears the number of candidates equals the number of seats open on the city council. It doesn’t necessarily refute your point about who are the candidates, but if more people were running they would have held the election.
https://www.athertonca.gov/746/November-3-2026
That’s sad to hear. Unfortunately, I’m a non-developer user and I stopped my gorgeously mediocre fic writing career a few years back.
Possibly infeasible Suggestion #3. Work with AO3 and its parent organization to see if there’s a way to give it ActivityPub support and assist in implementation?
[F-slur]s and their Friends Between Revolutions by the late Larry Mitchell is a fable written mostly in small poems about a society that marginalizes queer people as they build and rebuild their community. It was written in pre-HIV era New York, but is timeless in its chaotic radical fairy tone. It discusses some social and sexual practices rather explicitly, so if you don’t think it’s for you, it might not be.
That’s the kind of optimism I’m looking for. /lh
Honestly, I use Reddit more now that I’m also on the threadiverse. There’s active local content and more Reddits and posts tied to the genres of books I read. Yes, I should be the change I want to see, but there’s only so much of that I can do.
I guess my plan to run my car into the ground should be updated to keep my car going until I leave this mortal coil. /hj
“The Dow! The Dow…” /ref
Unless you make up a case about gay people demanding you bake a wedding cake, then you can win at the Supreme Court.
The reporter fact checked that their mother in fact did not choose Budapest as the location. /lh(?)
I've had the desire to write a satirical swiftian letter to the editor to a national paper talking about how to tax Americans "fairly" where every single American pays the same amount in taxes regardless of age and income. Billionaires and babies owing the same amount, some ridiculous amount like $50k per person. Then I realized some people might take it as an actual suggestion and try to put it into practice.
Voters and consumers everywhere have such short attention spans.
I used to work a small job at a big name liberal/progressive(ish) think tank during the ‘08 election. These organizations are filled with thought leaders who are usually brought into administrations at high levels. They have constantly been creating plans to implement progressive changes. They had plans in ‘08. If it weren’t for McConnell & the bank bailouts we would have gotten much more than DACA and the ACA out of Obama’s presidency. HRC had so many very good policy plans that were ready to go if elected that were visible on her website. No swing voter elected Trump for project 2025. What made project 2025 so successful was Trump’s willingness to blast through every guardrail and Congressional republicans unwilling to protect their power.
TLDR: Project 2029 broadly exists. It will be implemented if Dems have congressional power.
‘Zines are very common in the current progressive/antifascist advocacy space.
Yes. And yes.
JFC the Quake’s death toll in Haiti was larger than the Christmas tsunami and particularly insane considering the quake’s strength and about a century of learning how to build in earthquake zones.
That’s terrible. The donkey would be so traumatized. Won’t somebody please think of the donkeys?!? /lh
I dunno. I think he and his businesses have come out very well through government contracts, removal of investigations by several branches, and very generous tax breaks for the wealthy.
Musk cares about starving children. He made sure we didn’t give government money to them so they could starve better. He also made sure kids sick with treatable diseases could die faster. Efficiencies!
I love this world where we can be arrested and jailed and have our lives ruined because cops can’t be arsed to verify whether somebody was anywhere else at the time because a machine said ”It’s him…I guess.”