All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.

Mal ,'Trash'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Steph L. - Oct 20, 2016 6:20:02 am PDT #29696 of 30003
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Princeton Consortium has HRC's win probability at 99%. [link] God, that is so beautiful. Even in the face of Trump whining and pre-claiming the results will be rigged and then potentially not accepting the results, that probability is so. fucking. BEAUTIFUL.


Dana - Oct 20, 2016 6:25:59 am PDT #29697 of 30003
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Epic, if you don't mind, how long did it take you to recover? I'm seeing estimates of at least 4 weeks (for endoscopic surgery), and that's reaaaalllly badly timed, with me just starting remote work.


Jessica - Oct 20, 2016 7:05:03 am PDT #29698 of 30003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Princeton Consortium has HRC's win probability at 99%

I was just coming to post that!!


Volans - Oct 20, 2016 7:14:10 am PDT #29699 of 30003
move out and draw fire

JLC + Scrappy BFF!

Huh. Now I'm thinking about election night, and his (potential*) concession speech on election night.

Does he do it, and not really concede? Does Pence have to do it? Do we end up with hours of "why isn't he conceding already?" on the news?

I'm more worried about what his base does. Like, to the point that I'm going to the gun range this weekend. They have been using violent rhetoric and imagery, they have been using apocalyptic rhetoric and imagery, he's primed them to believe in conspiracies, and they aren't good with facts. And violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.


-t - Oct 20, 2016 7:15:01 am PDT #29700 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Skipping to share that I'm wearing a sweater that's white at the shoulders, then lavender and purple at the hem, and a coworker just asked me if I wore ombre on purpose. As I told her, I did not, but I am going to say I did now!


-t - Oct 20, 2016 7:16:30 am PDT #29701 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I share that worry, Raq, but I don't know what to do about it.


msbelle - Oct 20, 2016 7:19:36 am PDT #29702 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I am stockpiling wine and plan to have myself a party.


Jesse - Oct 20, 2016 7:31:56 am PDT #29703 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Skipping to share that I'm wearing a sweater that's white at the shoulders, then lavender and purple at the hem, and a coworker just asked me if I wore ombre on purpose. As I told her, I did not, but I am going to say I did now!

Love that!


Steph L. - Oct 20, 2016 7:46:58 am PDT #29704 of 30003
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

I'm more worried about what his base does.

I thought I was glad in 2008 and 2012 to live in our hilariously super-far-end-of-the-political-spectrum liberal neighborhood (and I was!), but the one thing I can reasonably be assured of is that no one will lose their mind and go out looking for a Democrat to shoot. (There's the outside probability of Trump supporters getting each other riled up and deciding "Hey, let's go to Northside and shoot some Democrats," but honestly, we're really hard to get to. There is no good way to get to Northside from a major highway. It's kind of hilarious. We're like Brigadoon, if Brigadoon were full of liberals, queer folk, hipsters, and heroin dealers.)

I am stockpiling wine and plan to have myself a party.

I'm *just* about ready to buy champagne. I've been holding off because I don't want to jinx the election (like, don't post the Hamilton GIF! but also, don't buy champagne yet!), but I might be ready.

I kind of want to watch the returns with my mom and stepdad (diehard Democrats who live in Trump country), but it's about a half-hour drive, and if the election doesn't get called until late, that's a long-ass drive back. And also my mom goes to bed early, though she might make an exception for the election. So maybe. I don't know.


Tom Scola - Oct 20, 2016 7:47:39 am PDT #29705 of 30003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Our own Holli just put up this T-shirt design, with proceeds going to HRC.