It’s a wee bit late for me to be saying this, but: VOTE.

(For Democrats, please.)

https://www.mischiefsoffaction.com/post/these-two-big-unknowns-make-the-2022-midterms-unusually-unpredictable

Welp… I just added https://brid.gy/ to my WordPress blog. Hopefully it doesn’t go scouring through all my past blog entries and proceed to drown poor https://toot.cafe, which is already under a huge load (wonder why?). If it does… sorry @Nolan. 😦

«For now, this much is clear: Which pollsters have surveyed a state most recently is a big factor in determining whether the numbers look better for Republicans or Democrats. And this year, the polls that are driving the average are quite different.»

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/05/upshot/polling-averages-midterm-election.html

I think there could be a huge Mastodon instance some day that gets to do this, too.

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you-speed-run-the-content-moderation-learning-curve/

“Float.” Nice job, New York Times headline department. Sounds so gentle and tentative. How about “specify”? “State”? “Preview”? “Reveal”? “Declare”?

«Republicans, Eyeing Majority, Float Changes to Social Security and Medicare»

What a headline. This is, of course, exactly why the Supreme Court was packed with “conservatives”.

“The Supreme Court Has No Reason to End Affirmative Action. They’re Doing It Anyway.”

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/10/supreme-court-end-affirmative-action-unc-harvard-why.html

Off to the races!

«Earlier on Monday, Bloomberg reported that Twitter had restricted most of its Trust and Safety staffers from accessing internal content moderation tools.»

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2022/11/01/twitter-safety-head-acknowledges-surge-in-hateful-conduct-amid-reports-of-company-limiting-access-to-moderation-tools/

Well, for the upcoming Twitter apocalypse, I am:

• @tarheel
• @tarheel
• @tarheel@mastodon.technology, although that one, unfortunately, is shutting down

Twitodon.com to map your Twitter self over to mastodon. Helps other people find you.

Famous historical Black-owned business.

«Things went horribly left for NC Mutual in 2016 after a former investment manager was indicted for participating in a scheme that bilked the insurance company out of more than $34 million, federal department of justice officials announced in 2020 after the indictment was unsealed.»

https://indyweek.com/news/durham/nc-mutual-will-cease-operations-this-month/