I want to make a lore-stuffed video game that uses your computer's system clock and geolocation data to ensure that the true ending which reveals what's REALLY going on will unlock only while speedrunning it on stage at GDQ.

Like, forget canon alternate reality games – I want to write a mythos-heavy TV show where the links between individual episodes can only be understood in the context of the patch notes of a licensed mobile fitness app.

every fucking body in congress will tell you, if asked, how hard they're working behind closed doors. and they will tell you it about any issue you ask. there's a lot of obvious recent examples we could point to, really big, explosive issues, but let's pick one less volatile.

$15 minimum wage.

the lack of trust doesn't come down solely to mcbride herself as one individual. the lack of trust extends to the whole damn system. maybe she is working hard behind closed doors. unfortunately for her, and really for anybody behind those closed doors: we hear that about everything and everyone.

the problem is: fundamentally, this work she's doing is work you only see, only hear about, if you are behind those closed doors or know people who are. us randos not only don't see what happens behind closed doors, the nitty gritty is intentionally kept very secret and opaque to the public.

this passage is what caught me. when talking about these things, i like to come in giving full benefit of the doubt to dig at the greater problems. let's take it on faith that, behind the scenes, mcbride is working her ass off here. no snark, let's choose to believe it.

there's still a problem.

part 31 + 32

what's there to say but 🍑

Here's the roll call of the vote for those interested. Lots of the moderates you'd expect. Hakeem Jeffries also voted yea.