good, ordinary, anxietymaking

[tielan]

Re-elected for President of permie group 2022, all good, had a great afternoon.

We had local council elections, and one Greens councillor who's running for Mayor against the conservative one, was last counted at 47% of the vote, although apparently only half have been counted? Not sure how that works: there can't be THAT many votes in the area, and I've counted for a state election before and it didn't take DAYS.

Then again, I did vote by internet. Advantage of having a state electoral commission: they know who you are, they can cross-check you against your details, and because they can cross-check you and the details are all there, it's actually quite easy to prove someone's been trying electoral fraud.

ps. FUCK YOU PAULINE HANSON AND YOUR RACIST SHIT "WE NEED TO PROTECT AGAINST ELECTORAL FRAUD BY IMPLEMENTING VOTER ID"

I mean, the options for voting by internet were: driver's licence, medicare, passport - yes, any of which could have been imitated and faked. In which case, I'd probably get a call from the electoral commission saying, "you voted twice; we need to have a small chat about this". It's also a lot harder to fake extra voters when everyone above 18 should be voting.

Frankly, the "eeeeeebil gubermint knows all" of registering all voters and mandatory voting is what also insulates us from electoral fraud (if any were happening, which actually it's not).

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B1 is going to resign from The Business. Discussion to happen Wednesday night. Prayers and good thoughts appreciated.

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Foot is healing. I called the surgery this morning in the hope of getting the stitches out 'early' - supposed to leave it for a week. Nope. *sigh* The front secretary initially set up an appointment for tomorrow...and then called back to say she got the days wrong. Actually, I knew she had the days wrong, I just hoped that I could get it out a day earlier.

ARGH.

At this point, the stitches and pulling probably aches more than the wound itself.

Also, it looks very wrong to see one's skin as a covering to keep the insides in and the outside out. I mean, that's basically what our skin is, but to actually have the visual reminder of it...

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[lilysea]

ps. FUCK YOU PAULINE HANSON AND YOUR RACIST SHIT "WE NEED TO PROTECT AGAINST ELECTORAL FRAUD BY IMPLEMENTING VOTER ID"

I'm so angry about this.

Requiring voter ID creates an extra barrier to voting for

- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

- Disabled people [who are less likely to have driver's licences]

- Young people

- Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities

- Elderly people [who are less likely to have driver's licences]

- People who fled persecution in their home country and are already feeling unsafe about voting, because voting was not safe in their home country

- Low income people [it's harder to get a driver's licence if you don't have access to a car to practice on; while there are other forms of photo ID they are expensive and hard to get]

[tielan]

Yes, exactly, all this.

[misbegotten]

I am now weirded out by my skin. Thanks for that. ;)

[tielan]

Bodies are weird, though. Try not to think about it too much...

[thothmes]

As someone in a splint after a fall on ice and a life with more than one occasion that resulted in stitches, I utterly sympathize with your impatience and discontent. Here’s hoping you can get to normal swiftly and completely. As for me, if the pain is gone in a week the splint comes off, and I go my merry way. If it isn’t, we get new films, and there may be a snazzy new cast in my future.

Meh. I’ve had much worse and emerged hale, hearty, and whole.

Cue Monty Python: It’s just a flesh wound!