I *know* this is how little kids abort out of complicated things where they've gotten what they needed, but good lord it still just scrambles my brain every time.

Lol, yes. And the other problem with nationalizing state elections is that people draw a lot of off base conclusions about national mood/trends. it's like concluding something about women based on your one weird aunt who collects hedgehog statues.

The shutdown and doge are definitely in the mix. My campaigns did touch on doge, though generally briefly because it didn't activate northern VA voters in ad tests the way that abortion did (which was a fuckton). So it's there, but it can't be the whole story.

The interesting part is VA house. 13 seats? *13*. There was one party guy saying "we're gonna get 10" and everyone was like "okay sure bro, it's going to be 5-7 but whatever."

13. That's not a shutdown thing, either. Not just.

Nor is it a promise of national destiny. what is? Man. 13

I know. I lost my mind.

yeah, the number of things that suddenly got easier with literacy blew my mind.

Wild Dark Shore? I have not read it yet, but that's the big one of that description right now.

It draws out the pronunciation, so yeah, the intent comes across. There's probably a learning curve there for new users to figure that out but like, thus is the internet, really.

Figuring that out really made me get how disability can be socially determined in a way I hadn't before.

cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021...

I recommend cutting the sugar in the custard layer by at least 1/4 cup if you like a real rhubarb sourness.

Courage, friend.

the struggle is real. I talked cb around by giving extensive descriptions of how gross pool hair gets in the summer. this will probably only work this once.

I don't knoooow. do not want.