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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 5h

Of course an actual amendment to remove the Electoral College would face the same hurdle. Really I don't expect any action on the Electoral College until the Citizens United decision is disarmed and campaign spending brought back under control.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 5h

While I am excited that the numbers are there to pass and get Congressional assent for the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact in partisan terms, one of the flaws of the plan is that the last states to approve it are the swing states that get hundreds of millions of dollars pumped into […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 6h

The work Microsoft Outlook has started labeling emails from Microsoft Teams as "Promotions", and I feel like the people who work on Outlook should know what Teams is. But I guess Microsoft is famous for departments holding guns to each other. #watercooler

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

Whoever runs against Mike Lee in 2028 better make sure every single citizen knows that fact. That there is hope.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

I heard something wild on RadioWest that I had to verify. As of right now, more people voted for the 4 Democratic Congressional candidates in Utah than the 4 Republicans. 342k to 326k. Absolutely insane. If there had been a Senate or Gubernatorial race this cycle, it very well could have gone […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

The Marxist candidate lost in Colorado, smh my head

A screenshot of an election result screen. At the current tally, Phil Weiser has 1,319,781 at 60.9% and Victor Marx has 728,650 at 33.6%.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

I couldn't resist looking through the precinct data and every single Daybreak precinct did go blue, as I expected. Most of them (including mine) around +33. This is why we're cracked and merged with a bunch of Riverton and lower South Jordan.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

I took a final look at campaign contributions in my local state house race. The (hopefully) outgoing loser got lots of money from big oil, AI and data center lobbies, insurance, personal injury firms, health insurance, banks, landlord associations, billionaires, and national Republican elites […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

Ooo, Utah is showing results by precinct, which is something I haven't seen before. I'll defs be going through and mapping some areas once results are more finalized.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

The two cracked Park City districts (4 and 59) are both currently leaning blue and that's making me happy. 59 though is on a knife's edge right now, so it may not stand the full count.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

The Utah Democrats didn't run anyone in House District 60, which includes BYU, and I think that was a mistake. The unopposed Republican is getting half as many votes as the losing incumbent for neighboring District 62. I imagine there must have been some drama there I'm not aware of though since […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

The state level results are so exciting. People are already talking about finally passing the National Popular Vote Compact

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

If they're brave and make removal a secret ballot, they may be able to remove Trump. To be replaced by Vance, so not a big change, but I hope that Vance has a lower probability of bombing Iran and other countries.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

I went to bed last night fantasizing a veto-proof majority. Alas, there was no permutation where that could have happened, so instead the only thing this Congress will be able to do on its own is investigations and keep more evil people out of political appointments.

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🌯🌮🥑 Leoric 🥑🌮🌯 @deeznuts.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

The "run totally-not-Democrats as Independents" experiment is over.

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

I’m reflecting on all the different types of people who won as Democrats tonight. Different genders, different races, different ethnicities, different sexual orientations. Differences in style and, to some degree, in substance. But all recognizably and clearly antifascist, pro-democracy […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2026

In 2022 the Utah Legislature cracked Daybreak into 2 house districts to keep it from sending a Democrat to the State House. The votes haven't all been counted yet, but it looks like we may be sending two Democrats this year 🥳 #utpol

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GailWaldby@bsky.social❌👑 @gwaldby.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2026

#SanJuanCounty #Utah The Lieutenant Governor issued an emergency declaration allowing voters in San Juan County to cast their ballots electronically. All affected voters who have an email in their voter record, and have not already voted, will be emailed their ballot this morning.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2026

It's incredibly annoying that Mastodon filters are case insensitive. Like I have an "AI" filter, but, guess what, "ai" is a basic word in French and I follow some French people who speak French. "ai" is nearly always in a contraction with "J'ai" or "n'ai", but, guess what, the "whole word" […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2026

Netflix claims that a theater an hour away where we often go to for special events is playing La Bola Negra this weekend, but the theater isn't selling tickets for it. However, they are doing marathons of Heated Rivalry every day, so I can't be that mad 😆 There are other theaters in the city […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2026

I'm worried about turnout in San Juan County. They've only reported 18% turnout from mail-ins, and they've gone through several rounds of devastating flooding. The State issued an emergency order allowing people to vote online, but what good is online voting when there's spotty Internet? And who […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2026

Got screwed this year by the fact that there's no requirement that employers all do their healthcare enrollment at the same time. When we got married, my husband and I did the math and found that it was cheapest for us to remain on our own plans. This year though, his insurance premiums went up […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 02/11/2026

UTA is doing their next 30-year plan. I for one feel like they spend more time making plans than making changes, but, whatever. Go and comment! rideuta.com/Current-Projects/Long-R… #utpol #utah #SaltLakeCity

Strategic Long-Range Transit Plan

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 30/10/2026

Should the king of a foreign country be able to vote in US elections? Seems like becoming a king of a widely recognized state should be grounds to lose your citizenship.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2026

And until Friday it's totally fine to use USPS to return your ballot. Saturday is iffy. If you've left it until Sunday please use a ballot drop box instead! It must be in the hands of the county officials by end of day Tuesday, and the USPS has a nasty habit of sending ballots to Las Vegas or […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2026

In Salt Lake County, West Jordan City Center, Library, West Valley City Center, Fairpark, and Draper Town Center all have drop boxes a short walk from the station. Plus the Anderson Library, County Offices, Granite Library, Magna Library, Murray City Hall, Murray Post Office, and Millcreek City […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2026

Ended up having a very busy week at work last week and couldn't fit in a bike ride to the ballot box, but I did drop off my ballot via train at [redacted] Station yesterday 🥳

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

Really shows the strength of both partisan media bubbles and the tarnished name of the Republican Party that a +21 Republican state can support a newspaper that gets so few openly Republican readers.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

The Salt Lake Tribune did a (online, not anonymous, and not scientific) reader poll that just straight-up asked people their political party. They had only 1.8% of readers affiliate with the Republican Party 😆

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

@lieberal Don't give the de-growthers any ideas or they'll overcome the last bits of cognitive dissonance keeping them from voting for fascists.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

If you can't tell I opened my ballot while I was bored during a meeting that's barely relevant to me today. I'll be filling it out tonight and dropping it off in the [redacted] drop box during a bike ride tomorrow.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

Utah/Salt Lake specific, Yes on the parks bond, Yes on Amendment A (only because the Legislature put in the poison pill that if it doesn't pass citizens initiatives will become way more expensive), and No on Amendment B

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

Here's my voting guide for 2026: vote for the Democrat for every legislative race and don't vote for any Republicans.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

I'll probably end up using my usual strategy of voting no on everyone who went to BYU and yes on everyone else. It's the only solid data point that's publicly available to judge them on. They're all going to be retained anyways like always.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

Researching for judicial retentions is so annoying. All the official recommendations care about is whether lawyers like them (adult version of "is a pleasure to have in class"). Searching their names brings up dozens of sites saying "yes, this person is a judge" and a handful of news reports if […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

The Colorado River Collaborative published a good overview and story about the Central Utah Project. I had known about the diversions, but I didn't know how big of a deal they are.

The Colorado River is shrinking. Here’s why that matters for Utah’s biggest cities.

The Central Utah Project and other transbasin diversions bring Colorado River water to the Wasatch Front. If Utah has to cut its Colorado River use in the future, the state's major cities could lose this water source.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

FYI UTA is free again this weekend (including today) as they switch over to the new payment provider. And by Monday everyone's Farepay card will stop auto-reloading unless you go in and fix it, which I'm annoyed about. www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10/16/uta-… #utah […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

In that Tribune article from the other day, they quoted someone being like "nobody wants to live in walkable communities! Therefore we have to ban them!" and then the next several paragraphs were about how there's so much demand for the apartments that have been built rents are high there while […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

I do find it funny that Vineyard replaced their corrupt city council with NIMBYs. It's so very Utah. Like that town was steaming slag 2 decades ago and they're already ready to close up shop.

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Colin Beveridge @icecolbeveridge.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

I think the sensible course is to meet halfway and call it superficial intelligence.

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

It is funny reading the blurbs the spambot account creation requests have. "Tech necromancer, solo gamedev, Krita enjoyer, radical anarchist." Like that's exactly what a bio generated from the context of thousands of Fediverse users would say.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Really there are so many numbers to choose from when talking about taxes that how you frame it is everything and says more about you than the government (what my framing says about me is I hate this "Truth" in Taxation BS).

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Even once you account for inflation, the 2026 property tax haul is still only 95% of what it was in 2020. A more honest framing of the 2026 property tax increases would be "the state government requires that communities go through an onerous process to keep taxes from automatically dropping […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

The Tribune has an editorial encouraging people to vote for the county parks bond this election, but doubting that it will pass because Salt Lake County is doing a tax hike this year. And they don't even mention that the County has let the tax rate fall every year since 2020 and that in 2025 it […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

They mentioned a bunch of businesses, but they neglected one of my favorites, Altojitos, which is the best Mexican snack/dessert place I've found in the city.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

A nice story from the Trib about how Midvale has been revitalizing it's historic Main Street: www.sltrib.com/news/2026/10/08/midv… #utah

How Midvale Main Street transformed from a ‘ghost town’ to a ‘community hub’

New businesses, vibrancy and events are drawing people back to an area residents said once looked like a "ghost town."

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

@portlygent When the cat is being annoying and I'm trying to sleep, I'll push her off the bed and say that the bed is a "pussy-free zone". It makes my husband so mad haha

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

I had been wanting to support a local business, but Smith's still has a functioning reservation system and they literally pay people to get vaccines there, so back to Kroger I go.

Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

I went to schedule my flu vaccination and found that the pharmacy has replaced the reservation system with a chatbot so I guess I need a new pharmacy because this is ridiculous. I guess the old way of letting customers pick from a list of available dates and times was too transparent or bad for […]

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Yana @timesandseasons.mastodo.neoliber.al.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Also sample ballots are now up at votesearch.utah.gov/voter-search/se…. Check yours out today! And while you're at vote.utah.gov verify your registration is valid. Ballots will start arriving in mailboxes in 2 weeks (hopefully). #utpol #utah

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