Everything's been copied over to my Dreamwidth account (
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Well, our Russian LiveJournal overlords have come up with new terms of service, which as near as I can tell mean I can't post anything political. Which, as one might think, is a non-trivial amount of what I post. So, it looks like it's time to at least partially decommission this site ( Read more... )

It's Pi day (3/14) and we've got a blizzard! Or at least warnings thereof:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE ( Read more... )

... Well, at least one sentence's worth of published. Uncanny Magazine did an "exquisite corpse" editorial, where a group of folks each wrote one sentence, only knowing what the previous sentence was.

The resulting ... thing ... has just been published, as part of Uncanny's March/April 2017 edition. And my one little sentence made it in ( Read more... )

Donald Trump was not who I was expecting to win election as the next President of the United States.

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At the moment, I have nothing else to say.

Originally posted at http://edschweppe.dreamwidth.org/224548.html - comment wherever you please.

I've been posting this sort of message on other social media; now it's LJ/DW's turn.

If you are a US citizen and have already voted in this year's election, thank you!

If you are a US citizen and have not already voted in this year's election, today's the day! Get out there and VOTE!

If you are not a US citizen, please accept my apologies on ( Read more... )

Well, that wasn't nearly as much of a train wreck as I feared. That's the good news...

1) Big point: Trump refused, point blank, to say he'd accept the results of the election. Instead, he'll keep us "in suspense ( Read more... )

The "town hall" debate is over ("only" ran 7 minutes late, better than commuter rail!). Some quick thoughts ( Read more... )

Well, that wasn't nearly as a mess as last week's Trump/Clinton debate, but tonight's debate between Tim Kaine and Mike Pence didn't really add much to my knowledge about either man. One thing I did learn is that both men have sons in the USMC ( Read more... )

Quick thoughts before I go and see what the commentariat thinks ( Read more... )