WTF-Beta

@wtg said:

totally vegged while I was feeling poorly.

I'll do my best to take it easy for the next several days. I'm really glad I'll just be at home. Plus, since my plan was to be out of town, I don't have other things on my calendar to juggle or cancel, so that's a relief!

@wtg said:

Hope you're feeling better soon, @shirokuro . How is Mr sk doing? Has he recovered enough to take care of you?

thank you! Mr SK is doing ok-ish. His cough isn't worsening, which is really great because it seems like that's one area where complications arise. And he's fine being up and about in the house, which is good because that means he's not so exhausted that all he can do is lie in bed. I think he feels like he's starting on the upward trajectory now.

I'll try not to be too needy though, because he will take care of me if I need it.

@Steve-Miller said:

I did find that staying in bed and sleeping most of the day made it pass very quickly.

Sadly, I need to finish prepping for the conference I was planning to attend, and then I'll present my part via Zoom.

Yuck. I hate Zoom.

BTW, once in the thread @wtg linked, I tried the other links (coffee room and restricted). Both are properly restricted.

That reminds me, I was a moderator in the ABF (like, a million years ago, when I still lived in Japan). When I stepped down, my mod access was not removed for ages. I don't know when it was finally removed, but of course it's long gone at this point.

They were looking for new mods about a month ago, I wonder if they found any.

@wtg interesting! How'd you get in?

Also, isn't it interesting that the pages are just sitting there?

Well, I'm officially sick. -_- Covid test is negative, but I have a sore throat, headache, a wimpy cough, chills (no actual fever though), and I just feel "off."

I was already pretty much decided I wouldn't go to my conference, but this just confirms that that was the right decision.

So both the SKs are no longer novids.

Ah well. 6 years. It was a good run.

@Steve-Miller sounds great!!

@wtg ahhh. Got it!

I didn’t realize it was hidden before. Maybe the website reboot opened up some of those doors.

P.S. 22 years ago!!

@wtg said:

There's often a back door...

What does this mean? Back door into PW?
(Pardon my ignorance…

Bunny

@Rontuner I hope his message is taken to heart!!!

I agree with both @wtg and @bernard

What the Dems do next is of the utmost importance. I'm not confident they'll get it right...

@wtg said:

He's a man with a huge ego that was punctured last night. This is the time he is most dangerous because he cannot live with not being the center of attention and being praised for how wonderful he is. Heck, he already told Fox News that the election results aren't really about him.

Excellent point. And the only reason he's accepting the results is because he wasn't on the ballot.

Dems need to put their heads down and govern. And to learn to find common ground with any Republicans who can grow balls and defy Trump. He's lost a tremendous amount of power and they might not be as scared of him.

This, 100%.

Just think - wouldn't it be lovely if we had a Congress that could find a way to a two-thirds majority to override Mr Veto? And that our legislators actually worked on our behalf?

Also this!

Yes, we need justice and accountability, but justice is backward-looking. First, I think the top priority needs to be forward-looking, damage control and preventing more of what has already happened from continuing to happen.

And making sure the checks and balances that are supposed to be in place are actually functioning as intended as we go forward.

Kindness

NYT:

Trump Says in Interview That He Will Accept Election Results

Really?? That’s unexpected.

In an interview with two Times reporters, President Trump blamed the G.O.P.’s losses on the fact that he was not on the ballot

Not unexpected…

and said he was willing to work with Democrats.

But this sure is!

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/politics/trump-midterm-election-results.html

Wow. I went to bed early. I was hopeful, but not that hopeful. I’m literally just trying to catch up with all the news (it’s 5am here). Are the results as good as they seem?!
Wow!!

Vote

OMG! I think a lot of people (including my mother!) kind of try to do something in return to scammers, and I’ve done that thing where you just respond to every question with a different question back at them until they hang up. (It’s kind of funny tbh!)

So this is a good reminder that just hanging up is probably best! Yikes!

I think turnout is good here too. They had a sign at early voting yesterday that there were 17,500 early voters as of 10/31. Given the population here that seems pretty high to me.

@DougG said:

I think the problem is the length of the day changes gradually, but we change the clocks all at once.

This is an excellent point.

we should change the clocks by 10 minutes each month, six adds and six subtracts.

Ummm....

I voted early in-person yesterday.

Now we wait…