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Okay, 2017 is here. Time to quit despairing and gear up.
So here is the deal. By now you probably all know that Livejournal's servers have moved to Russia ( Read more... ) -
Called Chair of House Science Committee
Accountability Post, Trump Year 0 Dec 1 (posted for Dec 3)
(This counts for Sunday's item, since these offices probably won't be open over the weekend.)
Peter Gast posted a news article about how the House Science Committee retweeted an article from Breitbart (of all places) that made the false claim that climate change is a hoax.
I looked up the ( Read more... ) -
Publicizing two charities
Accountability Post Trump Year 0 Dec 1
Today I grabbed the chance to post about two charities on Whatever's Charity Thread. On the off chance that people would be interested I include them here:
Griffin Education Solutions uses songs to help grade school children learn basic facts about the world. They started with science and math but are now ( Read more... ) -
Made 2 political donations (yesterday)
Yesterday I made 2 political donations because of an end-of-the-month deadline. I'd ordinarily have spaced them out more so I'm allowing them to count for today and tomorrow ( Read more... ) -
Contacted the Government Accountability Office
Accountability Post Trump Year 0, Nov 30 ( Read more... ) -
Called both Senators and my Congressman
Accountability post Trump Year 0 November 29 ( Read more... ) -
Donated to Foster Campbell's Senate Campaign
Accountability Post Trump Year 0 Nov 28th
I let the day slip away from me, doing errands and making hummus and stuff, so rather than let the night slip away from me also I donated to Foster Campbell's Senate Campaign, since they're having a run-off election for a Louisiana Senate seat and one more Democratic Senator would bring the Senate that ( Read more... ) -
Something to keep in mind during discussions of current events
Siderea has some posts that apply to since-the-election. The one I'm going to link here is about keeping in mind the differences between the short, medium, and long term game. The very quick thumbnail sketch is that it is a reminder not to derail ongoing discussions by demanding people change the time frame they are thinking in, and especially to ( Read more... ) -
The Way I Was Raised
Accountability post, Trump Year 0, Nov 25 ( Read more... ) -
Contributed to the ACLU
Accountability Post Trump Year 0 Nov 23
Today I was out of cope to call or write my Congress people (and I suspect they are starting to think I am some kind of weirdo) so instead of doing anything hard I made a donation to the ACLU.