Greg Petrites

@gpetrites
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131 Following
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Husband. Parent to two lovely dogs. Okay, maybe one lovely dog and a two year-old puppy with ADD.

This account is for my progressive political side.

My environmental and sustainable urbanism side is at:

@gpetrites

Websitehttps://gpetrites.github.io/
Urbanism side@GPetrites

Calling it a gotcha that I "critique Biden policies after voting for him" is what's wrong with US politics today.

Voting for him doesn't mean I can't critique him—it's literally the best reason to be critical. It's called holding electeds accountable. It's how democracy works. And it’s how political parties work when they aren’t cults.

Everyone welcome the independent, journalist-owned newspaper @coloradosun to Mastodon! #Colorado #Journalism

🚨🗳️COLORADO VOTERS 🗳️🚨

Boebert’s 1,112 vote lead is now in real danger as thousands of votes for Adam Frisch could be fixed within the week if volunteers succeed in having select ballots confirm their signatures.

If you were notified that there is a technical mistake on your mail-in ballot, text COLORADO to 2VOTE (28683) to cure your ballot.

🗣 If this comes up on your TL and you're NOT from CO please BOOST for visibility🗣

#USElections
#Midterms
#VoteBlueToSaveAmerica2022
#VoteBoebertOut

Why you should find the Mastodon instance that works for you

You can start with one of the main popular instances of Mastodon but, if you want to make it fun, you need to find an instance that matches your interests.

Fight With Tools: A Dev Blog

As a non- #blind person I secretly enjoy reading the image descriptions people post. It is a nice way to see what is important to them and how they put it in words.

Hover over the images - it is fun. 🙂

If you voted in Colorado’s third district, Adam Frisch vs Lauren Boebert, and your ballot was rejected you have a week to fix it.

In 2020, 21,838 ballots were rejected for signature verification.

https://twitter.com/ElliLAnderson/status/1591105745814421506

Elli Anderson 🕊 on Twitter

“If you voted in Colorado’s third district, Adam Frisch vs Lauren Boebert, and your ballot was rejected you have a week to fix it. In 2020, 21,838 ballots were rejected for signature verification.”

Twitter

Keep seeing comments from people along the lines of trying to get "how Mastodon works" and my advice is just relax. Mistakes are cool and normal!

Also loud shouty people may come at you for doing things "wrong" but their rules are not necessarily yours and that's ok. It's hard to go really wrong if you're not a terrible person.

Folks get very protective of their communities. Things will settle. Ask for advice freely but don't assume the first answer is the only one.

Breathe. You're OK here.

NEW posting on my newsletter “Is This America?” As Twitter enters its death spiral, I wanted to bring our attention back to why the sale of the platform to Musk never should have happened. https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/on-twitters-end?utm_campaign=post
On Twitter's End

A Moment of Truth for American Business

Sherrilyn’s Newsletter
Let’s try this again. Where you at #fediverse? Boosts welcome so we can get the best sample size.
North America/South America
37.7%
Europe
51.5%
Asia/Pacific
10.1%
Africa
0.7%
Poll ended at .
Testing to see how the dopamine hits feel here.