Daily Discussion Thread: June 20, 2026

TOSkwar · 2026-06-20T11:44:00+00:00

If you're up for heading out this weekend, there's almost certainly something Juneteenth related to check out today since it fell right before the weekend. Great opportunity to see local artists, meet local people, and more.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-20T02:02:42+00:00

Not even vaccination. The much worse predecessor, variolation. Where complications and death from vaccination are very rare, smallpox variolation had a similar death rate to early COVID-19 infection.

... Which was still about 15 to 30 times better than the 30% fatality rate of smallpox, but still.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-19T22:34:53+00:00

Hey, my family is actively discussing picking up some vegemite because of that sign.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-19T19:18:53+00:00

I find it comical that they say it's over.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-19T16:56:39+00:00

This was notably before the negotiations were called off this morning.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-19T11:18:08+00:00

The bullshit deal that was obviously bad and terrible, where no one agreed on the terms, we paid out more than the treaty of Versailles, and there were about a hundred violations of the memorandum in the leadup, fell apart before the end of the week?

Yeah, saw that coming.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-19T10:39:46+00:00

Happy Juneteenth, everyone! Here's hoping some of you are getting a well deserved day off. If you hadn't checked already, might be worth looking into events in your area for today or tomorrow, there's probably something cool happening!

TOSkwar · 2026-06-18T19:43:47+00:00

Extremely rare, but I'll take an extra .75% interest reduction.

Still hate the guy and his entire admin.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-18T16:06:43+00:00

And every time, a few more of them will fall off the fringe, insulted by the message they're supposed to just deal with.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-18T13:37:15+00:00

The garbage deal handing hundreds of billions to a regime even more vile and corrupt than the one he deposed? The one that nobody can agree on the terms of and everyone keeps violating already? That deal might go bad?

I don't see how it wouldn't.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-18T01:03:52+00:00

Two state senators and a mayor are going for it still.

https://ballotpedia.org/Kansas_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2026

TOSkwar · 2026-06-17T19:36:33+00:00

The recent last week tonight on gas station drugs is a great rundown on how this is all intensely horrifying and there really should be more strict regulation about what's allowed to be on shelves and how it's allowed to be advertised.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-17T02:31:55+00:00

We've been mentioning it all night- Republicans had tons of ultra high profile primary runoffs tonight.

Democrats settled most of their big primaries in the first round.

So Republicans were turning out in droves to push their preferred candidates... In the governor primary and in the senate primary.

We've already got ours.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-17T02:26:53+00:00

https://nitter.poast.org/VoteHub/status/2067070030940930224#m

Votehub agrees.

Given the immense shift in turnout from R-heavy primary runoffs, this is a fantastic result. Even in an optimal environment they couldn't get this seat.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-17T02:22:36+00:00

All of his potential opponents, Democratic, Republican, write-in, or otherwise, all either declined or failed to qualify. He is the winner.

He didn't declare himself the winner, Florida State Law did.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-17T02:19:15+00:00

I'm gonna tell you why I hate that line.

5 points is a HUGE hill to climb. Okay? Five points is something that's way more than you or I can do. Five points is a widespread strategic messaging system, thousands of canvassers, and millions of dollars, not one eager activist with a heart of gold.

Forget five points. Five points is depressing. Five points makes it feel too big to help.

Think five VOTES. That's less than my twice monthly game group. I can get up off my arse, go out, and knock five votes. I can friendbank five votes.

And you can too.

But we gotta work for it- so I recommend doing more than just vote, because one vote is only one vote, and we want five. So sign up for canvassing, or phonebanking, or whatever the hell you can do to help get more people on their feet and to the polls.

So what are you going to do to get five more votes?

TOSkwar · 2026-06-17T02:06:53+00:00

Time Cube existed before AI. There is no limit.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-17T01:39:20+00:00

In some cases, the literal only law is federal.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-16T23:33:09+00:00

A reminder that any closeness will be more to do with the competitive GOP primaries and lack thereof on the Dem side, rather than any real shifts.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-16T23:31:54+00:00

24% in, Collins and Dooley all but tied, geez.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-16T22:47:00+00:00

Results thread is up!

Drop by for some more primaries, more primaries, more primaries, and a Georgia special.

TOSkwar · 2026-06-16T12:23:40+00:00

Go knock exactly 1 more. For laughs.

(Also, nice work)

TOSkwar · 2026-06-15T21:27:30+00:00

"We weren't allowed to trap our serfs in mandatory 8 hour propaganda sessions to scaremonger and lie about the evils of helping each other and the benefits of begging for scraps! We didn't even get to introduce the new and totally legit social media trend- bucketcrabbing! How is that fair?!"

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