JP @daedalus@eigenmagic.net

Ahahahaha holy shit I got quoted into Hansard.

Aussie bogan RWNJs are not welcome on my instance.

They let me into The America again.

Off to the USA again today. Going to Miami, Florida for the first time.

The chickens were very keen on having some of my cup of tea until I let one have some.

I don't know how to do that, but the so-called professionals don't seem to know how either.

Well, now the work begins, comrades. The fash are resurgent, so we have to convince a disengaged middle that the path of fear and selfishness is not the one they should choose.

I mean the betting markets were pretty definitive, and that's people's expectations of what they think other people will do, not what *they* would do, which usually smooths out weirdness.

The glimmer of hope I am currently clinging to is that there were a *lot* of prepolls, and they could be systemically different to what was expected. The results so far are just *so weird* that maybe that's what's gone on.

One small upside from an LNP win is they get to own the coming recession completely. Everything will be utterly fucked, but they won't be able to blame anyone but themselves.

The results thus far are not encouraging. I am quite concerned.

I have been told that I will not be watching election coverage tonight. :(

Helping*.

Raking leaves with a couple of feathery companions.

Democracy has occurred!

The caring for random strangers on the Internet is one of my favourite things about Mastodon.

Who has two sore hands and is 75% of his way through his workout and forgot his gloves?

I am a raging cynic about a lot of stuff, but this stubborn core of hope just refuses to die.

That simple commonality, the feeling of "we're all in this together" gives me hope for other areas of life where that acknowledgement of shared destiny isn't as prevalent.