@enobacon But #RankedChoiceVoting even #IRV is always better than plurality-winner. If pointing out that #RCV is imperfect means we have to “ban RCV,” we’re going to be stuck with something worse.

@walterolson.bsky.social https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:osfzoqu4wcvan2v2wgivnpcm Yeah. No evidence that #RCV will have that effect. Plenty of reason to believe it won’t (sources say he’s unlikely to get many second- or third-place votes). RCV is not a “wild card”; it _reduces_ the likelihood of random-ish irrational outcomes by ensuring the winner has majority support.

The enterprise formerly known as Twitter is now understood by all to be in the service of right-wing authoritarianism in the United States and around the globe.

There is an uprising against Tesla, which is just a car company. Where is the uprising against X? How can any nonmalicious nonprofit or state or city organization continue to use it for its messaging? Or anyone else.

Rise up!

https://www.politico.eu/article/musks-x-suspends-opposition-accounts-turkey-protest-civil-unrest-erdogan-imamoglu-istanbul-mayor/

Love this idea!

@minzastro @waldoj Cha-ching, baby. I’m gonna cash in all my extra credit-monitoring subscriptions and retire early.

@waldoj Awesome, free credit monitoring services!

Best part: “Why did this happen? A cybercriminal accessed our computer system without our permission.”

Where were the cybercriminal’s manners?

@godpod *Donold

@UncleDuke1969 That’s fine as long as your transcription was accurate.

Where’s my ring?
#Nationals
https://www.mlb.com/news/michael-soroka-nationals-free-agent-contract?partnerID=mlbapp-iOS_article-share

@mosseri This is progress, but the slow-rolling of federation may have put the Threads/Fediverse effort irretrievably behind Bluesky.

Really interesting: Should #ODNI be shut down? I wouldn’t say it’s a do-nothing agency. I’ve seen some of what it does. But I wouldn’t rule out the possibility that its functions could be performed by other agencies without as many layers of bureaucracy. You’d think something called the “Central Intelligence Agency” would do what ODNI is charged with doing.
#GiftLink
To cut government, Trump could start with this do-nothing agency https://wapo.st/3Vj7IYm

Can the #Commanders play the #Titans every week?

@waldoj How is this possible? How can you get the clips to feed them into this bot?! (Ditto for your other one, I realize.)

I hope he’s committed to this as much in his second term as he was in his first.

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/245884-trump-i-would-rarely-leave-the-white-house/

Well said, @washingtonpost Editorial Board.
#RCV works, people who use it like it, and it doesn’t favor either party. Voters like it because they can vote for their favorite candidates without worrying about wasting their votes.
And I like the hyphen in “ranked-choice” when it precedes “voting.”
#RankedChoiceVoting #HyphenateCompoundAdjectives

Ranked-choice voting continues to work in Alaska. It would everywhere else, too. https://wapo.st/49aZAyZ

#ArlingtonVA residents! Weigh in here to support #RankedChoiceVoting
It was nice being able to vote for your favorite without having to worry about spoilers, right?
https://www.arlingtonva.us/About-Arlington/Newsroom/Articles/2024/Arlington-County-Board-Extends-RCV-Feedback-Period-to-End-of-November
#RCV

Part of the project of the next four years must be holding Senators responsible for the nominees they confirm. #giftlink https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/well/dr-oz-health-medicare-record.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bk4.7eVq.6pxAn1DJtffX&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

With a late surge from the most rural voters in #Alaska, #RankedChoiceVoting survives the repeal effort by 664 votes. If only big questions weren't decided by knife's-edge elections. https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/24GENR/ElectionSummaryReport.pdf#page=15

Maybe the best news of the evening is that, as the last few votes are counted in #Alaska, "no" just pulled ahead to save #RankedChoiceVoting from a repeal effort (50.03%, with 98.8% of the vote counted). This may save the multiparty coalitions in the state legislature and let Sen. #Murkowski preserve some of mer moderation instead of caving to MAGA. #RCV https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/results/2024/11/05/alaska-measure-2/

Looking at election results for #ArlingtonVA. 130,522 ballots cast out of 189,605 registered voters: 69%.
That means 59,083 registered voters did not vote. Some, presumably, moved away or died.
69% is better than most of the USA, but it still seems low. What would it take to get it to 80%? 90%?