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Schultz running would probably hurt Trump's chances
Lots of talk in the past couple of days about former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz saying that he may run for president in 2020 as a "centrist independent" - and a lot of it is calls for him not to screw up our chances of defeating Trump by running as an independent ( Read more... ) -
LiveJournal/Dreamwidth use poll
A rare livejournal-only post!
When I posted this poll last week, I didn't realize I had default settings on my account that only allowed people with dreamwidth accounts to vote. I think I fixed that now? If you couldn't vote in it last week, try again and let me know? -
Are you on LiveJournal, Dreamwidth, or both?
Nearly two years ago, I imported all of my LiveJournal posts to Dreamwidth and switched to posting there rather than on LJ. That was when the Russian owners of LiveJournal changed the rules to ban "political solicitation" and started cracking down on LGBTQ posters and critics of Russia, and a lot of people moved off LJ because of that. But I kept ( Read more... ) -
Places 2018
There's this social media tradition of listing all of the cities and towns or other locations you've spent the night at in the previous year. I usually haven't participated, but I had a very travelly year so I want to think back and try to remember all the places ( Read more... ) -
Support National Parks through their nonprofit partners
Looking to protect nature in the USA, or want to make some year-end charitable donations? Our National Parks need help ( Read more... ) -
Nika Elugardo for State Rep - and to change the MA House
If I had been able to arrange my life such that I could spend some time in Boston in July & August, I probably would've found a couple of days to go volunteer for Nika Elugardo. She's in a Democratic primary against incumbent Massachusetts state rep Jeffrey Sanchez, in the 15th Suffolk District, which goes from JP to Mission Hill with a chunk of ( Read more... ) -
What's happening to children at the border
Several different stories hit the news last week about the border patrol and related agencies doing awful things to children, and now is an excellent time to do something about it while it's in the news and there's a lot of public outrage. But I also see a lot of confusion because these different stories all got reported at once, so first I want ( Read more... ) -
My one brief experience trying Lyft
We're going to the airport. Unlike in Boston, the trip to the airport in Seattle is long and annoying with public transit, so if we have large bags we drive or take a cab. Maybe we could try Lyft this time ( Read more... ) -
A word that isn't cool yet
Hipsters are said to like things before they were cool. Now that everyone knows about the thing, to the hipster it's no longer cool ( Read more... )
