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Hypothetically, I could consolidate and just post vents on the fandom blog.

Now that I can speak without cursing I'm wondering if I can use Tumblr without using the dash or interacting with anyone because God damn it I'm not posting onto the blue sky void that I don't think I'm emotionally regulating. I'll never find it again.

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Now that I can speak without cursing I'm wondering if I can use Tumblr without using the dash or interacting with anyone because God damn it I'm not posting onto the blue sky void that I don't think I'm emotionally regulating. I'll never find it again.

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Everything feels awful right now but it isn't really. We still don't officially have a winner, but regardless of how the presidential election ends up, I wanted to take a minute and find what lights I can in the 3 a.m. darkness. Here's what I know:

* Kentucky overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to undermine the public education system by offering private school vouchers:

* Delaware has elected a transgender woman to the House of Representatives, the first out trans person of any gender ever elected to congress:

* For the first time in history, two Black women will be serving in the senate at the same time, and they are only the fourth and fifth Black women ever elected to the senate:

* New York State has passed a constitutional amendment enshrining the rights of pregnant people (including the right to an abortion), LGBTQIA+ people, the disabled, immigrants regardless of legal status, and other at-risk groups:

* Democrat Josh Stein has beaten self-avowed Nazi Mark Robinson to become governor of North Carolina:

That's everything I know off the top of my head. It's not many bright spots, but it's not zero. I'm going to try to find more and I'll add them to the post. It's the only thing I can think of to do that isn't sobbing and throwing up or looking up Canadian immigration rules.

If you know more good news, I encourage you to add it in reblogs.

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Maybe I will quit tumblr and focus on building a brand somewhere

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Trying to remember this

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You know, it could very well be that he still would’ve lost, but I think it’s clear that the twitter bros and media were wrong that pushing Biden out was the magic bullet against Trump.

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the world doesn't turn on the whims of one person, no matter how much power they accrue.

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yo hey US people who sent in absentee ballots, they are tossing mail-in ballots for no reason. i just had to call my county board of elections and demand a cure for my ballot because north carolina didn't send out any notices of issues with ballots, and the issues are fake. if you voted by mail-in make sure your ballot was actually counted

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Some snippets of good news (sorry for no sources, grabbing things from Twitter here)

• New York and Maryland have passed measures to protect abortion

• Ruben Gallego is projected to defeat Kari Lake for a much-needed Democratic Senate gain in Arizona (replacing Kysten Sinema, who had become an independent)

• Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester will become the first woman and first black person to represent Delaware in the Senate.

• Angela Alsobrooks will become the first black woman to represent Maryland in the Senate.

• ^This is the first time 2 black women have been elected to the US Senate at the same time. Only 3 black women have served in the Senate before them: Carol Moseley Braun, Kamala Harris, and Laphonza Butler, who is a current Senator (D-CA).

*Update:

• Sarah McBride (D-DE) will become the first transgender person in the US Senate.

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I'm certain this is on Tumblr somewhere, but I haven't seen it around, so I'm sharing it myself

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Nearly 14,000 mail ballots in Nevada have signature issues

Officials urge residents to use online tool to check if ballot was accepted

The total number of ballots — 13,906 — needing curing include 6,383 from registered nonpartisan or other voters, 4,026 from Democrats and 3,497 from Republicans.

The deadline for voters to cure their ballots is 5 p.m. Nov. 12, officials said. Ballots can be cured here.

The main issue they're having with young voters is that Nevada allows for voter registration through the Department of Motor Vehicles, and the "signatures" are digital (the licensee types it into a form), so their hand-written signatures on their ballots don't match the KEYSTROKES that serve as signatures on their license.

It would be hilarious if it weren't so fucking infuriating.

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Games to play while honoring the NYTimes Tech Guild strike

The Tech Guild at the New York Times is on strike, and they are asking that we don't play Wordle or other NYT games, or access recipes or listen to podcasts hosted there (doing so is crossing the picket line).

So here are some alternative games that may tide you over (or even find you a new favorite game) while the strike is on:

BARDLE: shakespearegeek.github.io/bardle/ words that appears in Shakespeare's works

LORDLE: lordle.digitaltolkien.com (words that appear in Lord of the Rings)

HEARDLE: heardlewordle.io guess a song w/six tries, each one sec longer

WORLDLE: worldle.teuteuf.fr guess a country by silhouette

GLOBLE: globle-game.com guess a country by proximity

STATELE: statele.teuteuf.fr guess the U.S. state by silhouette and then answer bonus questions

WHERE TAKEN: wheretaken.teuteuf.fr guess country in photo and then answer bonus questions

WHERE TAKEN USA: wheretakenusa.teuteuf.fr guess U.S. state in photo and then answer bonus questions

MOVIEDLE: likewise.com/games/moviedle guess a movie by 1-second incremental mash-up clips

FLIKTOK: fliktok.app guess the movie with six still frames

FLIKTOK SHOW: fliktok.show Fliktok for TV shows

FRAMED: framed.wtf same as Fliktok

EPISODE: episode.wtf Framed for TV

PLOTWORDS: plotwords.com/daily guess the movie with as few plot keywords as possible

And my current favorite:

REDACTLE: redactle.net a wikipedia article with all of the words blocked out except conjunctions, articles, and "to be" verbs. How many words will you have to guess before you can fill in the article title?

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The demonization of actual charities/orgs in favor of individual GFMs has done nothing but stripped marginalized people of their privacy + dignity by forcing them to become internet celebrities in order to get their needs met as opposed to an org that could privately help them if said org had the funding!!!! Also it’s why people feel the need to go as far as to fake their own kidnappings just to get traction! Not to mention it’s just made the lives of grifters so much easier

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Anyone else here shocked and horrified by dropouts sudden declaration? Or is it just me? I had to read through it about five times until I believed it was real.

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I have incredible news.

If you missed it I am a queer trans latine disabled jew and my parents placed me in various facilities that failed the burrito test. But now? I’m free, and currently living with my step mom who had nothing to do with it.

Now, she doesn’t really have the money to keep me ESPECIALLY because I still need special food due to allergies and some of my meds Cost Money, so I’m not out of the woods yet in needing help.

Thank you if you can spread this around or help

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Due to extenuating circumstances I have eaten gas station food almost every day for a week now and this upcoming week aren't looking too much like changing

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So many of the critters that take up residence in human homes are simply species that are cave-adapted. Spiders. Crickets. Millipedes. Isopods. Bats. Your house is a cave to them and they think you are also a cave-adapted organism.