first election I worked was the 2016 Presidential, which is always the…

Nov 7, 2023, 08:57 EST

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Thanksgiving will be in Florida, Christmas here in VA, idk haven't thought that far yet

first election I worked was the 2016 Presidential, which is always the most busy... we had ballots with blotchy edges from the printer, kept getting rejected by the scanner, sending voters back, confused why their vote wasn't accepted.... was utter chaos

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Nov 7, 2023, 09:07 ESTOpen note

coffee no, caffeine mints yes, is unpleasant- am caffeine free currently! (is recommended for bipolar for maintaining sleep cycle)

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Nov 7, 2023, 09:08 ESTOpen note

I'm strong tall german farm girl pretty, I'd like to be delicate fairy pretty

Nov 7, 2023, 09:08 ESTOpen note

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Nov 7, 2023, 09:14 ESTOpen note

not really, I kinda think our issues are upstream of actual voting regardless of exact methodology

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Nov 7, 2023, 09:17 ESTOpen note

true, but also.... having ppl who loved me motivated me to check myself into treatment, to try to everything before killing myself, but living for other people isn't really reason enough imo

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Nov 7, 2023, 09:26 ESTOpen note

no. the future I imagine is more ecological- AIs of various capabilities & resource requirements & motivations, competing and collaborating and feeding on each other

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Nov 7, 2023, 09:28 ESTOpen note

yes it will be different but also humans are humans... until we engineer ourselves to be something more..?

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Nov 7, 2023, 09:33 ESTOpen note

🤷‍♀️ everyone has their own reasons ig... I have good relationships with my family, liked my coworkers, had some friends, and it wasn't enough for me

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Nov 7, 2023, 09:46 ESTOpen note

aww 🫶 I'm really not very outgoing irl, have to push myself to smile & engage

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Nov 7, 2023, 10:02 ESTOpen note

@EagleOnMars probably understands me the most, I think he's probably put in the most time listening to me talk about everything 😅

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Nov 7, 2023, 10:19 ESTOpen note

@EagleOnMars 😅 I have been very lazy about building my mimi10v3 github identity

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Nov 7, 2023, 15:16 ESTOpen note

idk maybe wandering around in the woods, it's so pretty human things don't seem as important

Nov 7, 2023, 15:20 ESTOpen note

twice, for a week and four days... couldn't find the stat on w a quick google to know how rare it is, no

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Nov 7, 2023, 15:21 ESTOpen note

I run a precinct which includes an hour of paperwork to count & report & seal the votes & drop off the ballots at the courthouse

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Nov 7, 2023, 15:31 ESTOpen note

the vote counting process we follow makes it difficult for any one person to change the count of votes and for any single precinct to change the count by much- have detailed in previous threads the process we follow in Virginia... so yes who votes counts because of how we count…

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