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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Stalin was right. Voting doesn't matter if the people who count the votes are corrupt. The US has had relatively few, but not zero corrupt election officials over our history to date.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

As long as voting machines have cellular modems, which almost all of them do, anyone in possession of the password(s) and a cellular modem can receive or send both program logic and data to them. In most cases, there is no externally- visible indicator if the cellular modem is active or not.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

State law in Michigan explicitly permits any citizen to "openly carry" a legally owned firearm into polling places. Law enforcement, activated or on duty National Guard and military personnel may also bring firearms into a polling place. Anyone with a "concealed carry" permit may also carry a gun.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Sad and infuriating. Trump and Musk disgrace the US.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Almost all electronic voting machines have cellular modems which can be turned on and off remotely through the cellular network. Machines have NO external indication of being on-line or not at any given time. Voting officials use the modems to install the ballot processing SW for each election.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The problem with that is that in most states, Governors have little to no power to protect (or attack!) polling places. Many states have up to weeks of early voting, and some states vote entirely by mail. A National Guard vs. USPS standoff over mailed ballots is legally and logistically fraught.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Unfortunately, election officials will only know who voted vs. who didn't if the envelopes/ serial number tabs for ballots are recorded for each voter, both by mail or in person. If a significant fraction of ballots are stolen or compromised by bad actors, they'd have to run the whole election over

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

That looks delicious Congrats to your spouse on his double 20 birthday.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That's infuriating. Hegseth and Trump should be held personally responsible for these failures

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Please show your "assumed correct" math. And an analysis of the sampling plan from the Penn State group.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Or look at power prices in France, with multiple nuclear power plants and a new fuel reprocessing technique that eliminates/recycles almost all nuclear waste vs. Germany. They shut down their nuclear power plants, and 2 years later, had to re-open low quality coal mines.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Renewables are NOT cheap if you also count the batteries necessary to provide "always on" utility-grade power. Spain, Portugal, California all have high penetration of solar power AND very high electricity prices compared to their neighbors.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

There are also freight trains. Mostly with diesel electric engines. Everything now costs more due to tatiffs and the elevated cost of shipping over water, by rail, or multi-modal (aka BOTH). All thanks to Trump and his cabinet of toadies!

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

There's always AO3, if your mom ever decides she wants to share her fanfic with other people who also love Dirty Dancing.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Congratulations! I am happy to hear of your latest success!

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

So many of our national-level politicians take full advantage of the health care provided by Walter Reed and other military hospitals for both outpatient services and inpatient care.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The majority of "rich' people still do pay higher taxes than middle class or poor people. People in the highest income quintile pay both higher rates and more dollars. The "rich" also buy Treasury bonds, bank stocks, etc. that pay owners interest on loans made to the Federal or state government.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We get a lot of Amazon deliveries of heavy/bulky pantry items because grocery delivery isn't available here. Only about 1/4 of our deliveries involve Amazon liveried trucks or uniformed drivers. Almost half are via our USPS carrier,the rest are individual subcontractors driving their own cars.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

No problem if we also remove the benefit cap. I agree wholeheartedly with SS pensions replacing a larger percentage of preretirement income for lower-paid workers. I also would agree that SS pensions paid to the highest earners should replace less. Keep the windfall elimination provision too.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Not in Michigan without winning a referendum to change the state constitution. The legislature alone cannot eliminate our "Independent" Redistricting Commission. The quotes around Independent are because it's actually a bi-partisan body, with 1 claimed Independent person.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I double checked, and I've already pledged for this year. Go Space Unicorns! Make it happen!

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

That husband seems to value his avoidance of the mild embarrassment of a request for special treatment over his wife's comfort and good health. I would kick him to the curb over that!

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Acknowledged. But I do not "like" this news!

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

He's *technically* correct, celiac disease isn't an allergy per se. It's a disease, in which accidental consumption of even very small amounts of wheat causes pain and possible internal bleeding. I hope the husband was being specific in the hope of further educating waitstaff. I could also be wrong.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Good luck with that. I have never been so busy as since I stopped working for a paycheck.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Our backdoor neighbor had a shelty (who was slightly oversized for his breed). Their family had 3 kids, we had 5 in mine. That dog always wanted to herd us together if we tried to play tag or other running games. He had to be tied up out of sight and sound of us to relax and let us play.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Google tells me Adam Corolla is 62 years old. I'm a bit older, but not by much; he and I could have overlapped at college. IMNSHO, his claim "that guys don't always listen to "no" from a woman they desire", is true for about 85-90% of the US men over about 50 who're attracted to women.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I hope not! I want to ride across the Gordie Howe bridge and see my Canadian friends before my next birthday!

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Mine has, but 2 of my (working adult) kids took their cars off my auto insurance account late in 2025.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This should be a HUGE scandal. The rule of law is almost completely ignored by Trump's DOJ.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

McConnell manipulated Senate procedures to accomplish both those things with very little pushback from either Dems in the Senate or the public. That was achieved because the consequences of his procedural manipulation was deemed "too complicated to explain" by most of the press.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This is why Trump should never have gotten the nomination, much less the presidency. America's social studies teachers from the 1960s to the present have failed to produce responsible voters, especially among the White suburban and rural population.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Please tell me where you got that marvelous shirt? I think I need one of them.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

If they're using a schedule app, get it set up on your device, and flag the items you want to attend, even before you get on site, if that's possible. Or default to a paper schedule ...

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

May it be so. Russia needs to stop trying to steal Ukraine

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I feel for you, Saffron. Mondays are tough to face, sometimes.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The star thistles do produce truly excellent honey, though.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Those look delicious! Enjoy them!

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

And I will never entirely forgive Google for doing that.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

There are many, many people who will claim the reoccurrence is evidence of an upward shift in the mean temperature. Since our planet is (still!) on it's way out of the last period of glacial formation 25-20,000 years ago, they are almost certainly correct when they make that claim.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The EPA has determined that Roundup / glyphosate is NOT a carcinogen when used as recommended.

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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

It makes sense to me that education rights for students with disabilities or students from minority groups should be defended by the Justice Department, rather than having the Education Department create new courts, or hire lawyers to support families with SpEd kids in a separate & unequal system.

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Is English a second or third language for you? Or are you a very urban person? Most people who are familiar with farm animals know that baby goats are called kids, the same way baby sheep are called lambs. Your sketch of Crowley, Aziraphale, and kids is adorably cute!

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

😲😲😲 Difficult to imagine he can't get himself off, unless his kink is humiliating or causing pain to his partner. I'm sure there are some people that bad at sex, but I have to wonder how they ever got married in the first place

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Anna from A2 @annafroma2.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

All of the power collection, transmission and distribution for solar power costs at least as much, sometimes more, than for fossil or emissions-free nuclear power. Those systems are equally reliable. Energy storage or over-built solar panels needed to provide power year-round cost more for solar.

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