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Agonized between buying books at the beloved local @Powells@twitter.com or giving in to the sin of convenience and shopping @amazon@twitter.com. Best of both worlds: @Powells@twitter.com ships. Surprisingly, almost everything was also cheaper there.

RT @miaishell@twitter.com
If you go to @lewisandclark@twitter.com please fill out this survey on earthquake preparedness!! We need your input to make the campus better prepared in the event of an earthquake! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI

RT @oregonelections@twitter.com
Each of Oregon's five minor political parties (Constitution​, Libertarian, Pacific Green, Progressive, Working Families​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​) have satisfied the requirements to maintain their status as minor political parties through the 2020 election cycle.

RT @chaeronaea@twitter.com
please enjoy this video i found on reddit of a dog trying to steal another smaller dog

RT @ScienceMarchDC@twitter.com
This is an undeniable and overwhelming victory that should have every science advocate dancing (or at the very least bopping their heads). motherjones.com/environment/20

RT @dmedin11@twitter.com
BREAKING: Florida voters pass Amendment 4, restoring voting rights to 1.4 million people with a past felony conviction in what is the largest expansion in voting rights since the Voting Rights Act.

All those problems you're seeing with 5-hour lines and whatnot? Oregon's wonderful vote-by-mail system neatly avoids them.

Welp, looks like I'm about to cancel my subscription to @pingg@twitter.com. Their server has been down for two days.

RT @TheOnion@twitter.com
North Carolina Voter In Heavily Gerrymandered District Somehow Voting For Montana Senate, Mayor Of Phoenix trib.al/62JqFQA

Interesting -- on Mastodon, if you don't enlarge this, you don't see the caption at the bottom: Big damn heroes, sir.

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RT @BillKristol@twitter.com
Good news: This is likely fake news. Is there any actual "notification" by the federal government to states to "watch closely" for illegal voting, let alone an attempt by the feds to specify penalties?
Bad news: The U.S. president is engaged in voter suppression, pure and simple. twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/st

Here's my take on the Shaolin "fire staff" form. As far as I know, this is the first time it has been performed with literal fire.

youtube.com/watch?v=2_0kGkdQZy

Majestic pettiness 

The 600-page textbook I just read would have been less tedious with serifs.

OH: "The day they stop having strawberry @fanta@twitter.com is the day I stop eating at @TacoTime@twitter.com."

RT @qikipedia@twitter.com
The giant squid is not the largest species of squid. The colossal squid is.

RT @TheMichaelBurge@twitter.com
f(5,6) - "The ideal syntax for practical programmers"
f 5 6 - "Bizarre; only academics would use"
(f 5 6) - "Too many parentheses"
5.f(6) - "Preferred for your next web app"

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