Go shrift!
Yeah, I took a Cultural History of Early Twentieth Century Europe class during my second try at a Master's. Heavy on the fascism, as one might expect. Little details from that have been floating up in my memory and paralyzing me with fear of what will happen next at random moments for a while now. And I don't know of any models of How to Successfully Fight Fascism from Underneath, as it were.
I just started on my last one. Sigh.
Have they called the PA special election yet? I'm afraid to look.
Too close to call, afaict.
JZ says Dems in the lead by about 800 votes.
That's my home county in that special election. Going Democratic would be earth-shaking.
And Stephen Hawking has died. Now he's free to wander the cosmos.
I have finished my last review and now I'm going to beer myself.
JZ says Dems in the lead by about 800 votes.
Fucking hell, that's a nail biter.
Edit: Shit, not Stephen Hawking!
I just found out about Hawking. He had an amazing long life considering but I still am sad to lose him.
PA race is a nailbiter, for sure.
Sorry to hear about that. 55 years when doctors gave you 2 isn't bad, though, and he definitely made the most of them.
To quote the NYTimes: "Conor Lamb leads by 0.3 percentage points, or 579 votes, over Rick Saccone with 100 percent of precincts fully reporting."