Now that I can speak without cursing I'm wondering if I can use Tumblr without using the dash or interacting with anyone because God damn it I'm not posting onto the blue sky void that I don't think I'm emotionally regulating. I'll never find it again.
Hypothetically, I could consolidate and just post vents on the fandom blog.
Now that I can speak without cursing I’m wondering if I can use Tumblr without using the dash or interacting with anyone because God damn it I’m not posting onto the blue sky void that I don’t think I’m emotionally regulating. I’ll never find it again.
Everything feels awful right now but it isn't really. We still don't officially have a winner, but regardless of how the presidential election ends up, I wanted to take a minute and find what lights I can in the 3 a.m. darkness. Here's what I know:
* Kentucky overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to undermine the public education system by offering private school vouchers:
* Delaware has elected a transgender woman to the House of Representatives, the first out trans person of any gender ever elected to congress:
* For the first time in history, two Black women will be serving in the senate at the same time, and they are only the fourth and fifth Black women ever elected to the senate:
* New York State has passed a constitutional amendment enshrining the rights of pregnant people (including the right to an abortion), LGBTQIA+ people, the disabled, immigrants regardless of legal status, and other at-risk groups:
* Democrat Josh Stein has beaten self-avowed Nazi Mark Robinson to become governor of North Carolina:
That's everything I know off the top of my head. It's not many bright spots, but it's not zero. I'm going to try to find more and I'll add them to the post. It's the only thing I can think of to do that isn't sobbing and throwing up or looking up Canadian immigration rules.
If you know more good news, I encourage you to add it in reblogs.
* Nevada has amended their constitution to guarantee abortion rights, overturning a state ban:
* Colorado has passed amendment 79, guaranteeing the right to an abortion, with more than a 20 point spread between the Yes and No vote:
* Maryland Question 1, also focused on reproductive rights and abortion, has passed as well: https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/results/maryland/issue-1
* Likewise, Amendment 3 has passed in Missouri, overturning a near-total ban to add reproductive rights to the state constitution:
* Arizona Proposition 139 to protect abortion rights also passed:
Every glimmer helps.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
* New Jersey has elected the first Korean-American senator in history:
Maybe I will quit tumblr and focus on building a brand somewhere
You know, it could very well be that he still would’ve lost, but I think it’s clear that the twitter bros and media were wrong that pushing Biden out was the magic bullet against Trump.
@femalegothic I truly wanted to believe I was wrong but I’ve always thought that was the wrong choice
It’s no secret that I thought the reaction to the debate was absolutely ridiculous and the party shouldn’t have shanked Biden, but once the decision was made, I wanted our first woman president. Again, he still could’ve lost, but it’s clear a lot of people claiming they hated Biden but would’ve voted for Harris were lying, and that the media was just wrong
the world doesn’t turn on the whims of one person, no matter how much power they accrue.
yo hey US people who sent in absentee ballots, they are tossing mail-in ballots for no reason. i just had to call my county board of elections and demand a cure for my ballot because north carolina didn't send out any notices of issues with ballots, and the issues are fake. if you voted by mail-in make sure your ballot was actually counted
Some snippets of good news (sorry for no sources, grabbing things from Twitter here)
• New York and Maryland have passed measures to protect abortion
• Ruben Gallego is projected to defeat Kari Lake for a much-needed Democratic Senate gain in Arizona (replacing Kysten Sinema, who had become an independent)
• Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester will become the first woman and first black person to represent Delaware in the Senate.
• Angela Alsobrooks will become the first black woman to represent Maryland in the Senate.
• ^This is the first time 2 black women have been elected to the US Senate at the same time. Only 3 black women have served in the Senate before them: Carol Moseley Braun, Kamala Harris, and Laphonza Butler, who is a current Senator (D-CA).
*Update:
• Sarah McBride (D-DE) will become the first transgender person in the US Senate.
I'm certain this is on Tumblr somewhere, but I haven't seen it around, so I'm sharing it myself
