Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I am convinced that was Russia!s proof-of-concept for what would become their information warfare against democracy.
I find myself increasingly having to consider this possibility when I interact with people online. Are they well meaning, or are they actively trying to sabotage progress. Maybe they're well meaning but have succumbed to the arguments of others actively trying to sabotage progress. π€·
RCV has the momentum and is infinitely superior to what we have now. Don't let perfect be the enemy of much better.
Edit: And honestly, I'd be happy if a community chose one of the other options. I don't care. They're all better than what we have and we should be applauding every city, county and state that switches to any of them.
Trying to demonize one because you don't think it's perfect is just muddying the waters and subjecting us to decades of more of the shit sandwich we have now while we debate which alternative is flawless.
A finger waggle, perhaps.
It shows that there is bipartisan support for it among rank and file voters. It's really just the politicians that know that they wouldn't stand a chance of winning under such a system that are against it.
Sadly, there are people that would completely agree with this statement, and not detect an ounce of sarcasm.
Yeah, but... Where is that? /s
It strongly reads to me like the writer is trying to make something mystical/mysterious out of a completely mundane "feature" of mirrors.
In the photos, the tall, geometric figure reflects the rocky desert and perfectly aligns with the horizon.
Ummmmm, that's the photographer that did that. π
It's right there in the teaser on on this page.
I hate to say it, but Iβm inclined to think that the Russian government may simply block access to Firefox (and the Firefox addons site).
Probably true, but that's not justification for Mozilla to save them the trouble by doing it for them.
Tangent: Whenever the news reports a major earthquake somewhere, I like to remind people that Plate Tectonic Theory is "just a theory" and that some religious leaders confidently assure us that earthquakes are caused by promiscuous women.
Link is to the second page of the article. I thought it was odd how it kept saying "Smith said" without identifying who Smith is.