In 2016, on the night of Election Day, when it was obvious Trump would win, before taking a Xanax and going to sleep, I wrote a piece, that my friend Chuck Shotton says I should run again. Rather than doing that, I'll quote the important part. "I don't think it's about economics, I think it's about change happening too fast. And the Trump voters had the power to bring it to a screeching halt, they saw the chance and took it."
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I prayed. I really did. But I got the wrong answer.
Basket of deplorables. 🇺🇸
Distracted myself today by fixing bugs and working on the Mac version of Strata. We’re going to slowly move more of the notes, bookmarks, and highlights functionality into Strata, to help keep Micro.blog streamlined.
Matt Mullenweg
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I Voted!
It was a huge pain in the butt, because my mail-in ballot didn’t register properly, but I found a last-minute flight to Houston and this morning walked over to Congregation Emanu El and voted. It is our most sacred duty as a citizen. I encourage every American to vote.
There’s a nice new Micro.blog theme “mnml” by Jim Mitchell, available in the plug-in directory. Clean, minimal design.
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
Reflecting today
Today I’ve been thinking a lot about my relatives who actively fought against nationalism as part of the resistance. What they and their colleagues did in the name of inclusion and opportunity.
That's the name of the game: a world where everyone has the same opportunity to live a good life, regardless of their race, religion, or background, with an equal, democratic say in how their country is run, and the freedom to live their life without threats of violence. If we’re not striving for that, what's the point of anything?
Thank you for shining in a world that sometimes appears dark. It may seem such a small ember, but it glows like a lighthouse in the world, reminding us that we are so very far from being alone.
Speaking of voting and podcasts, I love that Lex Friedman does a daily short podcast. Here’s today’s episode. This is exactly what we had in mind when we first added podcast hosting to Micro.blog.
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Freedom, freedom, I can’t move
Freedom, cut me loose
Freedom, freedom, where are you?
‘Cause I need freedom, too
I break chains all by myself
Won’t let my freedom rot in hell
Hey, I’ma keep running
‘Cause a winner don’t quit on themselves.
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We have a special Election Day episode of Core Intuition today: Every Four Years.
Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
10 distractions, in case you need them for some reason
In case you’re searching for things to take your mind off the immediate horrors of the real world for, you know, some reason, here are ten:
3D Workers Island is a horror story told in the form of late-nineties screenshots from forums, websites, and a mysterious screens...
Thanks everyone who has supported Micro.blog, whether you tried it only briefly, or stuck with it for years, or came back again later to rediscover it. As the United States votes today, still no politics in Discover this week, except this one thing: go vote! 🇺🇸
Feeling a bit reflective on this election day morning. 8 years ago, I had already been working on Micro.blog, but the presidential election results pushed me to get my act together so I could hit the ground running at the beginning of the new year. January 2nd, launched the Kickstarter.
Prompted by their latest greenwashing campaign, only now twigged that Esso is the phonetic pronunciation of S.O. for Standard Oil. I prefer Jayesso, Just Stop Oil.
Happy Election Day, America! Went for a short walk to pick up a coffee. Beautiful cool fall day in Austin.
It's Election Day in the US. Your vote is your power. 
JavaScript dos and donts @ Mu-An Chiou
Straightforward smart sensible advice that you can apply to any feature on a website.
I was notified of a comment on Reddit that was intended as a warning but is in fact a huge compliment: > Gotta be careful about thesession.org. It has the same problem as Wikipedia: anyone can contribute and edit
I was notified of a comment on Reddit that was intended as a warning but is in fact a huge compliment:
Gotta be careful about thesession.org. It has the same problem as Wikipedia: anyone can contribute and edit
One more day until we learn what kind of country we live in. 🇺🇸