In much of the US, this is the last week to register to vote in the US election in November. Do not miss your opportunity (and if you are registered, to check your registration to make sure it is still valid). Get registered and encourage everyone you know to register. Here’s where to start: Vote.gov

Note: Describing this year's weird DNC delegate roll call as "American Eurovision", despite I don't think this poster having actually watched it to realize the full implications of what they were saying, is uncannily close to accurate https://mastodon.social/@spinni81/112998179259046177

On the UK riots, Joan Westenberg suggests: "Think about it this way: if someone broke into your house & started smashing your belongings, you wouldn't describe them as an "interior design critic." You'd call them what they are: a criminal. So why the fuck are we bending over backwards to find polite terms for people who are, quite literally, advocating for the destruction of entire communities?
When we use euphemisms like "protestor" to describe rioting, rabid, dogshit neo-Nazis, we're not just being inaccurate – we're actively contributing to the normalization of their ideology.
This tendency to soften our language when it comes to extremist ideologies isn't evenly applied. We don't hesitate to use harsh, condemnatory language when talking about other forms of violent extremism. We don't call ISIS members "religious freedom activists" or refer to cartel enforcers as "pharmaceutical distribution protestors." So why the kid gloves when it comes to neo-Nazis?"
https://joanwestenberg.com/nazis-arent-protestors-theyre-wankers

Just had an experience where @zandra stopped what she was doing and said "Dishwasher is totally a computer situation" and I was like "What?" and then— I'm still really impressed with this— she was actually able to come up with an explanation where this sentence not only makes sense, but is accurate and insightful