Hitching Post

The week of October 30th to November 6th [2020]:

For tagging purposes, I’m still putting #hitching post on this, but this probably won’t be satisfying for those accustomed to the usual list. This has pretty much been the week of not thinking about the 2020 election, which led to marathon posting that will be gradually revealed.

Podcasts community - In an effort to distract myself on Nov 3rd itself, I posted a promo for Khôra Podcast [here].

I shared “We can’t vote in San Quentin prison. So we held a mock election” [here].

• PC - From this comment thread, Matrix is a federated alternative to Discord [see matrix.org]. The most common way of accessing it is through Element, which has desktop and app options.
• For those who may not be aware, Supernatural is in its last season (only two episodes left, for realsies this time), and this week there was a bit that has caused a stir. Jak’s post has a link to the scene if you want more than the briefest spoiler in a tumblr post.
• The role of Grindelwald will be recast because Johnny Depp exits the Fantastic Beasts franchise.

Lots of state specific election news have been crossing my dashes (and some of my FB feed), but I definitely don’t want anyone to think these are just the most important highlights. Heads up for brief talk of drugs: 

• “Oregon became the first state to decriminalize small amounts of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs.

The Oregon measure would make possession of small amounts of what have long been considered harder drugs a violation, similar to a traffic ticket, and no longer punishable by jail time. The law would also fund drug addiction treatment from marijuana sales taxes.” [New York Times; also explained in “Oregon leads the way in decriminalizing hard drugs”]

• Several other states had drug measures, as well. [“From Marijuana To Mushrooms, Voters Want Drug Laws Eased”]
• “[...] Turner — a queer, Black Muslim who wears a hijab and identifies as nonbinary — won a seat Tuesday in the Oklahoma state legislature‚ becoming the first openly nonbinary state lawmaker in the country.

Elliot Imse, the group’s communications director, said that Turner’s win was one of several on Tuesday to break the “rainbow ceiling.” Voters in New York elected the first two gay Black men to Congress, while Sarah McBride in Delaware became the country’s first transgender state senator.” [The Washington Post; Sarah McBride also mentioned in “Transgender Candidates Make Election History”]