Huh.
«Emily’s List, named for the phrase “early money is like yeast” (because it makes the dough rise), was formed in 1985 to support pro-abortion-rights Democratic women in their campaigns for Congress, as the group’s founder, Ellen Malcolm, knew that if female candidates could raise money early in the race, they’d be seen as more viable. That bet has paid off. Emily’s List has grown to be a force within the Democratic Party, raising and spending tens of millions each election cycle.»
https://twitter.com/pptsapper/status/1300769594563530752?s=20
Twitter ain’t a good tool for discussion. I’m not sure there ARE good tools, except maybe a website that you have to pay for (like The WELL), which would be kind of a filter (but then you’d probably want to federate with other similar sites, which… is like blogging, eh?) (Hmm, come to think of it, I paid WordPress to not plaster my blog w/junk ads.)
I’m a big fan of blogging. Not every blog post has to be some massive long-form article that will take you an hour to work your way through, but at least you can write more than 280 characters and you don’t have to thread tweets to write more (brevity is still the soul of wit, though). You get better comment-moderation tools, I think, than either blocking responses or just letting every idiot in the village green comment. I feel like Twitter and Facebook are the low-energy routes, really.
So there.
Post inspired by the following:
Hmm, note to self: Maybe get a little more serious someday about this blogging thing and find some better templates and plugins and a site that makes them available w/out charging an arm and a leg.
https://twitter.com/Bomboclaato/status/1299747502686699520?s=20
The very definition of “walking it off”.
Bomboclaat (@Bomboclaato) Tweeted: Bomboclaat https://t.co/ppEZEBSEUh
https://twitter.com/rebeccanagle/status/1300596305341960192?s=20
Rebecca Nagle (@rebeccanagle) Tweeted: COVID is now the third leading cause of death in the US. Third. Behind only cancer and heart disease. At over 1,000 deaths a day, COVID now accounts for more than one out of every eight deaths in our country.
Well. That was ugly.
Sen. Olympia Snowe’s former Chief of Staff:
«I am tired of hearing about how “concerned” she is. These times demand strength and action and she has shown neither.»
This pretty closely matches my thinking. Nice to see somebody else share the thoughts.
https://www.ncsbe.gov/voting/vote-mail
I WAS going to request an absentee ballot through the mail today, but it looks like our board of elections is opening a portal for this the day after tomorrow, so I’ll do it then.
So glad we have a Governor (@NC_Governor) w/his head screwed on straight. He deserves reelection.
«Election officials have worked for many months to ensure accessible, safe and accurate elections in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.»
https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1297964466479362049?s=20
Defund the police.
Noah Smith 🐇 (@Noahpinion) Tweeted: Re-upping this excellent article by @lymanstoneky about police violence in the U.S. https://t.co/JpOaF5qA8R 1. Police killings have risen a lot even as crime fell 2. Killings of police have fallen a lot 3. Police disproportionately kill Black people https://t.co/bD4cZIHG7e
