November 6, 2020
US Election 2020 : Part 4
It’s the final count-down! As the last few battleground states try to wrap up counting their ballots from various tranches, pots and buckets, the weary nation watches with glazed eyes as former Vice President Joe Biden seems poised on the edge of the verge of the precipice of the brink of reaching the 270 Electoral Vote threshold needed to win the Presidency.
With the second election thread passing 1500 comments and starting to bog down, (previous FPP here), this post is to give some relief to MeFi servers and mobile devices everywhere. May they, and all of us, get to rest soon. [edit to add: collaborative "Neverending Tuesday MF Mix" on spotify via cyndigo]
US Election 2020: Some politics is local
This week's US election included thousands of local decisions: city councils, district attorneys (as in Los Angeles), state legislatures, county recorders, school boards, judges, ballot measures (such as universal preschool in Multnomah County, Oregon), Congressmembers, and more. Queer and first-time candidates saw several victories. [If you'd like to talk about the Presidential and Senate races, please do that in the general US election thread.] [more inside]
Biking With Babies
time passes very slowly when you're in a whale's mouth
'It was crazy,' says California kayaker who was engulfed in a whale's mouth Julie McSorley says she has learned her lesson about getting too close to feeding humpbacks [CBC]
Unbearable whiteness of Bey-ing
First published in 2017, the Colour of Power was developed to graphically illustrate the lack of female and BAME representation in the upper echelons of the UK’s most powerful institutions. With thumbnails! Of course, these 1,000ish positions are top heavy with patriarchs; but some cohorts are whiter and blokier than others. CEOs NHS Trusts? Leaders of political parties? Managing Partners of law firms? Chief Constables? Disclaimer: GreenPark are head-hunters and management consultants.
WordPerfection
WordPerfect for DOS has been updated to run on modern Windows and macOS with new printer drivers, euro symbol support, and more. The creator refers to XKCD for the burning question of why some people still use a DOS-era word processor.
Use this audio to show the world...
Over on TikTok, users often post an audio and encourage others to use it in their videos. A licensed therapist using the handle @recollectedself made an audio track encouraging fellow women to show things they have to do because you're a woman in order to feel safe. [more inside]
Shakhmaty
Over 35 years after the concept album, and 34 after its London debut, the musical Chess is going through its debut in Moscow, in a new Russian translation. The musical has a long production history, and a story that has changed over the years, but the music has kept it beloved. The Russian production includes rewrites that humanize its KGB antagonist and has received at least some positive notice. [more inside]
Well, yeah, of course she is.
"Why couldn’t a cis person relate to a trans person? Modern trans struggle might be unique in its details, but it is definitely not alien to the human condition. We are people." Maddy Thorson writes about the protagonist of Celeste in their blog. (spoilers about the game) [more inside]
« Previous day | Next day »