I don’t think the people in the 1700s would care

Not even really that but people tend to think that others have just outright stopped making maps. “Haven’t we made all the maps already?” Is a common response I get when I tell them. They seem to forget about data analysis and all that.

“Shopkeeper” would be a pretty damn good job title too compared to retail.

I’m currently in college to go into GIS (Geographic Information Systems/Science) and lemme tell ya I think more people in 1700 would understand “cartographer” than they would today.

Otherwise, states like Kentucky, Arkansas, and Alabama would kick Democratic candidates off the ballot non-stop.

I’m sorry, did I miss the part where Democratic candidates incited an insurrection against the Capitol?

All the more reason to hate the Supreme Court, I say. They’re a corrupt, miserable institution that rarely accurately reflects the American consciousness. Their only saving grace is the few times they have.

Also Supreme Court precedent will be the death of us all.

Nobody who’s looking for good coverage of anything should be reading / watching CNN anyway. The last 10-odd years have proven that all the major privately owned US networks are just total slop.

Capital.

this title is giving me a migraine

That’s because they were led by the rich landowners.

Maybe I should target him for ‘improperly applied hair dye’

How bout the state just not kill people

Hot take, maybe we shouldn’t do state sponsored execution if they’re so easy to botch huh

Well that and a large majority of medical corporations refuse to provide their drugs for this purpose. That was one of the main reasons the “lethal injection cocktail” kept changing, because companies found out their drugs were in it and took legal action.

last year

not to downplay the events as tragic as they are but the headline made me think this happened like, yesterday.

It’s not just deciding the candidates. It’s a lot less of a vote in an election (like a primary) and more of a neighborhood meeting. People give speeches, express support or disdain, and try to convince other people to support their candidate. I believe they still vote at the end, but it’s not like an election where voting is the only thing you do. It’s different depending on the state, but that’s how it generally works in Iowa.

Edit; also important to note that caucus has different meanings depending on where it happens. I.e. if it happens in Congress then it’s a meeting of peers with similar backgrounds who then vote or decide on policy positions.

i prefer the term “sexiest”

I have heard of proton mail but haven’t tried it

Lived in Japan in the Kanto plain area (out of Tokyo) between 2014 - 2017 and this was always my worst nightmare. Hope as many people got to safety / high ground as possible.

I was in 12th grade and I remember my English teacher was weirdly prophetic about it. He told us that it would be the worst pandemic in decades, and this was before the US had its first case. Looking back, he was the only teacher I had who mentioned anything about it