Again, see the chain, but my understanding was wrong. I was thinking ranked was you got multiple votes (1st preference, 2nd preference). That system sucks.

Yes, we’re talking about different things, it seems (also thanks for being civil in your reply). My apologies - your definition seems better than what my understanding was.

I explain my rationale in a response to the guy that I responded to. I realize it’s a thin distinction, but I think it’s an important one.

I don’t like the idea of having to vote multiple times, but it’s better than ranked choice, as with ranked you can get a person in that the majority of people didn’t vote for. If you have multiple rounds of just one vote cast, at least you’re picking the person you want each time, rather than 'i guess this person is better than person X, but i really don’t want him in.

As I alluded to, this is what happened in Alberta politics - we had 3 candidates for conservative leadership: two were very polar, and one guy was in the middle, and thus the guy in the middle won, but no one really wanted him to win. Conversely, if they had just voted regularly, the guy that won would have been kicked out since voting for him wasn’t an option. Then you could run the thing again, and get a better split between the polar candidates.

Then you end up with Ed Stelmach as leader.

Runoff elections seem the best from my view point

The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), which was responsible for purchasing and delivering Covid PPE, said it was unable to provide a statement due to the pre-election period

Cowards.

Hindsight is 20/20 and they couldn’t have known how long the pandemic was going to last, but yeesh what a waste.

One person said they’d spoken with colleagues who had chosen to go hybrid, and those colleagues reported doing work in mostly empty offices punctuated with video calls with people who were in other mostly empty offices.

This is the crux of it. All of our meetings now are virtual. Full stop. Companies had to adapt during COVID and to do that they got things like teams and SharePoints going. Now these tools are still in place and the genie is out of the bottle. No going back

Moderna and Phizer stocks with every cent I could muster

Quit my shitty job I had then

Horrific.

The letter from the MIA is extremely well written, and conveys a lot of humanity and sympathy. I’m moved.

Speak for yourself

Poor goose

They just hate that I’m right

Their algorithm is already abrasive enough. I routinely find myself following people I did not elect to follow. Throw some stupid adds in there, to just make it worse…

LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP!

This is… Horrifically accurate.

Long sigh… I GUESS we should apologize to the First Nations

It was just an accident, bro! We were aiming for that hospital full of children

The year is 1325. Some Aztecs see a snake getting eaten by an eagle out on an island of a vast lake. They take this as a sign from the gods that they should build their city here.

2025: this once vast lake is now a metropolis with routine water shortages

Very well written and thoughtful response. This is a point I was going to make but was too tired to.

They can’t compromise, and that shoots the entire movement in the foot

Honestly, I’m a large proponent of conversation and environmentalism. Hell, I sit on a land trust board, and have a very strong technical background in checks notes environmental science.

The thing I keep rolling my eyes at with Greenpeace is their seemingly complete lack of regard for science, like you point out. How can anyone take these guys seriously when most of what they do are stunts.

I doubt anyone would listen even if they did have the technical expertise they need, because support for environmental issues is paltry to begin with. However, it would give them a leg to stand on.

Right there with you in stocks and Bitcoin. Computers and coding not far behind. I sound like a luddite but I have no reason to be interested in this stuff.

I also don’t get a shit about pop culture icons or influencers.

It’s nice under this rock, where I live. Nematodes are great company