Oof, I have so many tabs open.

[conuly]

Between being sick last week and working the election....

Anyway, the less said about the election, the better. Half the people I was with this year had never worked an election before, and they all were openly (when no voters were around) anti-Trump. Some man came in to vote and told us that the last time he worked an election was 2016 and his coworkers sobbed at the end of the day.

There was no crying, but I spent a lot of time those last few hours telling one of the other workers to stop looking at the results, that the best thing was to just put the phone away until sunrise. She probably cried this morning, and so did the others. This all fucking sucks. America Defeats America

(I'm feeling slightly less murderously angry, btw. Still angry, but on a normal level.)

Edit: OMG, the audiodrama newsletter I just opened up starts off with a link to a crisis hotline. I don't think they've always done that!

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Timothée Chalamet crashes his own look-alike contest after police shut down crowded event

Rare dime bought by Ohio family and hidden for decades sells for over half a million dollars

If You Think You Can Hold a Grudge, Consider the Crow

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Making a Snickers bar is a complex science

More women, young adults being diagnosed with autism

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The Answer To Making Cities More Family-Friendly? Courtyards

Millions of low-cost homes are deteriorating, making the U.S. housing shortage worse

A World Without Men: The women of South Korea’s 4B movement aren’t fighting the patriarchy — they’re leaving it behind entirely. (More)

Boston pizzeria owner gets 8.5 years in prison for forced labor of undocumented workers

For Many Indigenous People, Voting Is Getting Harder

Ukrainians Tell of Brutal Russian Repression in Occupied Territories

Radiation and Russian bombs threaten this Ukrainian city, so it’s building schools underground

The UN and Amnesty have stated that the oppression of Afghan women, made prisoners in their homes, unable to speak, has erased women from all spheres of life.

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[thewayne]

My wife worked the new registration computer for the election, and they were overwhelmingly (R). One woman came in and said she wanted to register for Trump's party, didn't say Republican or Democratic, and as you know you can't prompt. Only 300 or so votes as it's a very small village of 800ish.