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Evan DowerHi, I'm Evan (he/any).<br><br>TLDR: I'm a privileged white hetero-cis-male politically <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/left" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#left</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/triratnabuddhist" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TriratnaBuddhist</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/softwareengineer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineer</a> (#IHelpPeopleGetJobs) currently in <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/seattle" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Seattle</a> but planning to move to <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/aotearoanz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AotearoaNZ</a> or <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/australia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a> as so as we can manage it with my wife &amp; 3 kids<br><br>I'm politically <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/left" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#left</a> (at least in United States terms). I'm a <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/voting" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#voting</a> nerd in that I have a favorite voting-related textbook (Collective Decisions and Voting by Nicolaus Tideman).<br><br>I think we could mostly solve <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/gerrymandering" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gerrymandering</a> by making larger districts with ~5 representatives instead of just 1 and then using <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/singletransferablevote" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SingleTransferableVote</a>. That would strike a nice balance between local &amp; proportional representation. For single-person positions, like presidents/governors/mayors, STV becomes <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/rankedchoicevoting" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> (aka <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/instantrunoffvoting" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InstantRunoffVoting</a> aka <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/alternativevote" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlternativeVote</a>) which eliminates the spoiler effect and leads to more civil campaigns.<br><br>Plus, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/rankedchoicevoting" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> eliminates the need for primaries and runoffs, which can lead to significant cost reductions.<br><br>I'm training for ordination with the <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/triratnabuddhist" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TriratnaBuddhist</a> Order (#dhamma, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/dharma" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dharma</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/buddhism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a>) and have been for many years. It's a long process, especially with other things going on. I've done some kind of <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/meditation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meditation</a> (mostly <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/anapanasati" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anapanasati</a>) every day for over 3 years and more sporadically since 2006.<br><br>That said, I do take issue with some of the things the founder (Sangharakshita) did, and I'm concerned with a recent rise in sort of guru worship around. I can have gratitude for his explanation of the dharma, try to sort out the idiosyncratic bits, and still view him as a deeply flawed human being. <br><br>I write <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/software" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#software</a> for <a href="http://indeed.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://indeed.com</a> (job search site) (previously employed by Amazon). I've written a lot of <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/database" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#database</a>-backed <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/webservices" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webservices</a> in <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/java" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Java</a>, but in the last few years, I've been working on <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/microfrontend" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfrontend</a> platforms in <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/javascript" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JavaScript</a> &amp; <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/typescript" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TypeScript</a>, primarily supporting <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/react" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#React</a>. I have more knowledge about <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/webpack" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Webpack</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/modulefederation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ModuleFederation</a> than anyone should be cursed with. I'd love to try <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/solidjs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SolidJS</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/rustlang" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RustLang</a> seems really cool, and I'm excited about the future of <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/webassembly" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebAssembly</a>.<br><br>My wife &amp; I have fantasized about moving to <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/aotearoanz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AotearoaNZ</a> or <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/australia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a> since well before the pandemic, and now we're actively trying make it happen. Since we're both in high-demand professions (she's a nurse), I think it should go reasonably smoothly 🤞. Feel free to get in touch with job opportunities that offer visa sponsorship, suggestions for <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/kiwiana" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kiwiana</a> or Australian culture that will help us adapt, reasons that your city is the best, etc. I always blow on the pie when I wear my jandals to the dairy. If we ship things over, I can only hope that the front doesn't fall off the boat. I hear that only rarely happens. <br><br>My daughter Juniper was born at the beginning of 2020, so her experience of life and my experience of parenthood are both tightly linked to the pandemic. On the upside, I get to work remotely, which means I get more time with her. She's a lot of fun (and of course a lot of work).<br><br>Then, we had our twins Heath &amp; Magnolia (Noli) in September 2023, and our lives got even more hectic and full of love.<br><br>Juniper goes to a Waldorf school, and I wish I could go, too, but I think the adult version of Waldorf school might just be therapy.
Paul Armstrong<p>One of the greatest things about Australian elections is the transferable vote. Short of sabotaging your ballot, there's no such thing as a wasted vote. Just put down your preferences in the same way as if someone had asked you to sort ice cream flavours by preference. If you can't have your first, maybe the second will be available.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXHq04W0kBs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=zXHq04W0kB</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SingleTransferableVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleTransferableVote</span></a></p>
Alan McConchie<p>This is a fantastic video showing how Proportional Representation via Ranked Choice Voting is actually used for elections in Ireland, demonstrated by 6th graders! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDPlRbkyBKE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=sDPlRbkyBK</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a> 🇮🇪</p><p><a href="https://subdued.social/tags/ElectoralReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralReform</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/SingleTransferableVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleTransferableVote</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/RCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCV</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a></p>
In the Dark<p><strong>Irish Election Update</strong></p><p>The dust is now settling on the 2024 General Election which took place on Friday. Counting didn’t start anywhere until the following morning, so in the absence of any actual results the Saturday newspapers were full of articles by Phil Space, most of them based on an exit poll that turned out not to be very accurate. It soon become clear what was going to happen. The Single Transferable Vote system does mean that counting takes a while – one constituency (Cavan-Monaghan) is yet to declare as I write this – but it is much fairer than the system used in the UK and the process is fascinating to follow. Since moving to Ireland 7 years ago, I think my two favourite spectator sports are hurling and election counts, though the former happens at a considerably faster pace than the latter!</p><p>I’ll begin with my own constituency, Kildare North, which returns 5 TDs. The chosen five are James Lawless (FF), Réada Cronin (SF), Aidan Farrelly (SD), Naoise Ó Cearúil (FF) and Joe Neville (FG). The big surprise was that Fine Gael grandee Bernard Durkan lost his seat to a younger colleague, the strategy of fielding three candidates backfired on him. At one stage it even looked like all three might be eliminated, which would have been very amusing, but it was not to be. </p><p>A lesser surprise at least to me is that Aidan Farrelly won for the Social Democrats. Catherine Murphy (SD) was top of the poll last time but has now retired. There was no guarantee that Aidan Farrrelly would hold onto her personal following, especially since a former Social Democrat turned Independent stood against him. In the end, however, Farrelly was elected quite comfortably, although with a smaller share of the vote than Catherine Murphy had achieved.</p><p>Of the two FF candidates elected, James Lawless and Naoise Ó Cearúil, the fomer is more familiar; the latter was elected to the County Council this summer and will be a new arrival in the Dáil. The Kildare North constituency has one extra TD this time because of population growth, and it went to FF who ended up with the most TDs nationally.</p><p>The successful Sinn Féin candidate was the incumbent Réada Cronin.</p><p>The wooden spoon for Kildare North went to Sean Gill of the Centre Party of Ireland, an ironic name for what is far-right splinter group of FG previously known as Renua. He received a majestic 67 votes and was eliminated on the first round. In fact, far-right candidates did very poorly not only in Kildare North but nationally. That’s a relief.</p><p>One of the fascinating things about the coverage of the election has been to see how people use their preferences. Voting is a much more nuanced thing here that it has ever been allowed to be in the UK by the electoral system there. Some of the transfers are very hard to fathom. I noticed in Kildare North, for example, that some voters put the left-wing People Before Profit first then Fine Gael second, skipping over the whole spectrum in between. I don’t understand that choice, but then I don’t have to. Folk are perfectly entitled to use their vote whichever way they wish. That’s how it works. It’s called democracy.</p><p>The big three parties look set to finish on FF 48, SF 39 and FG 38. This means that FG+FF add up to 86, which is two short of a majority. The overall outcome of the election will therefore be the <em>Same Old Same Old</em> government, a coalition of the two right wings of the Property Party, possibly with a smaller party to make up the numbers and to be contemptuously discarded at the next election. That fate befell the Green Party, part of the outgoing coalition, which lost 11 of its 12 TDs this time round. Labour and the Social Democrats are both on 11 TDs. Will one of them walk into the trap, or will some Independents be enough?</p> <a href="https://telescoper.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mc-escher-ascending-and-descending.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>The State of Irish Politics (detail from Impossible Stairs by M.C. Escher) <p>Sinn Féin once again failed to break the deadlock of FFG government. They have done reasonably well in terms of seats, but their share of the vote fell by about 5% since the 2020 Election but in between then and now had risen to over 30%. only to fall back recently. I suspect the party leaders will be privately relieved at where they ended up, given that a few weeks ago things looked likely to be much worse for them. </p><p>Whatever the complexion of the final coalition, it seems clear to me that we’re in for five more years of housing crisis, crumbling infrastructure, under-investment in education and public services. I don’t know what it will take for a change of government to take place. Perhaps the next (inevitable) financial crash? Or perhaps not even that. Ireland is very set in its ways, politically speaking. </p><p>It has been remarked that this election has bucked two global trends. One is the rise of the far-right, whose failure is something I am very happy about. The other is anti-incumbent feeling. I’m much more ambivalent about that because in my opinion change is long overdue. Apparently the electorate were unconvinced that change of government would really make things better here. </p><p>P.S. The turnout – just under 60% – was the lowest it has been in a General Election in Ireland since 1923. I find it saddening that 40% of those eligible did not even bother to vote.</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/general-election/" target="_blank">#GeneralElection</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/general-election-2024/" target="_blank">#GeneralElection2024</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/ireland/" target="_blank">#ireland</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/politics/" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/single-transferable-vote/" target="_blank">#SingleTransferableVote</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://telescoper.blog/tag/sinn-fein-2/" target="_blank">#SinnFéin</a></p>
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://autistics.life/@VulcanTourist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>VulcanTourist</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@chiclet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chiclet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mastodonmigration</span></a></span> </p><p>there is no such thing as a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> system which perfectly captures the intentions of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electorate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electorate</span></a></p><p>all you can do is do better, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rcv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rcv</span></a> is better than <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fptp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fptp</span></a>. so we choose better</p><p>it's not about perfection. it never was and never will be</p><p>(there's voting systems even better than <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rankedchoicevote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rankedchoicevote</span></a>, like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/singletransferablevote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>singletransferablevote</span></a>, but the momentum in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> right now is behind ranked choice <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a>, so we go for that, for now)</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/l8XOZJkozfI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/l8XOZJkozfI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Alan McConchie<p>I have to say this is my new number one favorite explainer video about Proportional Representation and Single Transferable Voting: </p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/videos/24091275/why-us-elections-only-give-you-two-choices" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vox.com/videos/24091275/why-us</span><span class="invisible">-elections-only-give-you-two-choices</span></a></p><p>(my previous go-to video was by the inimitable CGP Grey, and it's still great if you want more details about the mechanics of STV: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozf</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://subdued.social/tags/SingleTransferableVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleTransferableVote</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/ElectoralReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralReform</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/Vox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vox</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/CGPGrey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CGPGrey</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/STV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STV</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/RCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCV</span></a></p>
Mikhailrx 🚀<p>Okay, <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> time with lots of hash tags. </p><p>I am an <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Oncology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oncology</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/infusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infusion</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Pharmacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pharmacist</span></a> in the <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/States" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>States</span></a>.<br> <br>I love <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/DoctorWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoctorWho</span></a> and <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a>. I also enjoy reading <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Distopic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Distopic</span></a> and <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Utopic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Utopic</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> </p><p>I enjoy making and consuming <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Espresso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Espresso</span></a> drinks and <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Cocktails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cocktails</span></a> </p><p>I am strong proponent for <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/electoralreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electoralreform</span></a> such as <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/RankChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RankChoiceVoting</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/SingleTransferableVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleTransferableVote</span></a> </p><p>I am Openly <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gay</span></a> and happily <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Married" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Married</span></a>. </p><p>I have also been called <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Adorkable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adorkable</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Nerdtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nerdtastic</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/GeekSheik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeekSheik</span></a></p>
Michael Rockhold<p>Introducing myself: I am Michael Rockhold. I work as a software engineer for an American broadcasting company. But I'm also very interested in how cities work, and in the way land use laws and practices interact with how people get around. I am cautiously optimistic about the long-term prospects for our climate, but only a bit.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>urbanism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SingleTransferableVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleTransferableVote</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/dogsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dogsofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/riscv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riscv</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lego</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypi</span></a></p>