Evan DowerHi, I'm Evan (he/any).<br><br>TLDR: I'm a privileged white hetero-cis-male politically <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/left" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#left</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/triratnabuddhist" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TriratnaBuddhist</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/softwareengineer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineer</a> (#IHelpPeopleGetJobs) currently in <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/seattle" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Seattle</a> but planning to move to <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/aotearoanz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AotearoaNZ</a> or <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/australia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a> as so as we can manage it with my wife & 3 kids<br><br>I'm politically <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/left" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#left</a> (at least in United States terms). I'm a <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/voting" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#voting</a> nerd in that I have a favorite voting-related textbook (Collective Decisions and Voting by Nicolaus Tideman).<br><br>I think we could mostly solve <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/gerrymandering" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gerrymandering</a> by making larger districts with ~5 representatives instead of just 1 and then using <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/singletransferablevote" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SingleTransferableVote</a>. That would strike a nice balance between local & proportional representation. For single-person positions, like presidents/governors/mayors, STV becomes <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/rankedchoicevoting" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> (aka <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/instantrunoffvoting" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InstantRunoffVoting</a> aka <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/alternativevote" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlternativeVote</a>) which eliminates the spoiler effect and leads to more civil campaigns.<br><br>Plus, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/rankedchoicevoting" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RankedChoiceVoting</a> eliminates the need for primaries and runoffs, which can lead to significant cost reductions.<br><br>I'm training for ordination with the <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/triratnabuddhist" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TriratnaBuddhist</a> Order (#dhamma, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/dharma" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dharma</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/buddhism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a>) and have been for many years. It's a long process, especially with other things going on. I've done some kind of <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/meditation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meditation</a> (mostly <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/anapanasati" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anapanasati</a>) every day for over 3 years and more sporadically since 2006.<br><br>That said, I do take issue with some of the things the founder (Sangharakshita) did, and I'm concerned with a recent rise in sort of guru worship around. I can have gratitude for his explanation of the dharma, try to sort out the idiosyncratic bits, and still view him as a deeply flawed human being. <br><br>I write <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/software" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#software</a> for <a href="http://indeed.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://indeed.com</a> (job search site) (previously employed by Amazon). I've written a lot of <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/database" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#database</a>-backed <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/webservices" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webservices</a> in <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/java" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Java</a>, but in the last few years, I've been working on <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/microfrontend" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfrontend</a> platforms in <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/javascript" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JavaScript</a> & <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/typescript" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TypeScript</a>, primarily supporting <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/react" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#React</a>. I have more knowledge about <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/webpack" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Webpack</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/modulefederation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ModuleFederation</a> than anyone should be cursed with. I'd love to try <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/solidjs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SolidJS</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/rustlang" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RustLang</a> seems really cool, and I'm excited about the future of <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/webassembly" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebAssembly</a>.<br><br>My wife & I have fantasized about moving to <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/aotearoanz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AotearoaNZ</a> or <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/australia" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a> since well before the pandemic, and now we're actively trying make it happen. Since we're both in high-demand professions (she's a nurse), I think it should go reasonably smoothly 🤞. Feel free to get in touch with job opportunities that offer visa sponsorship, suggestions for <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/kiwiana" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kiwiana</a> or Australian culture that will help us adapt, reasons that your city is the best, etc. I always blow on the pie when I wear my jandals to the dairy. If we ship things over, I can only hope that the front doesn't fall off the boat. I hear that only rarely happens. <br><br>My daughter Juniper was born at the beginning of 2020, so her experience of life and my experience of parenthood are both tightly linked to the pandemic. On the upside, I get to work remotely, which means I get more time with her. She's a lot of fun (and of course a lot of work).<br><br>Then, we had our twins Heath & Magnolia (Noli) in September 2023, and our lives got even more hectic and full of love.<br><br>Juniper goes to a Waldorf school, and I wish I could go, too, but I think the adult version of Waldorf school might just be therapy.
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MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DemocracyMattersALot</span></a></span> <br>Sigh. True, but no one would have to worry about "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProtestVotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestVotes</span></a>" or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spoilers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spoilers</span></a> if we just instituted nationwide <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InstantRunoffVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantRunoffVoting</span></a>. 😞 </p><p>No more spoilers.<br>No more costly endless primaries.<br>No more Two-Party system.<br>Greatly mitigates the influence of big money.</p><p>(#4 is the reason we don't have it.)</p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@JenniferSlack" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JenniferSlack</span></a></span> <br>All we need to do is institute <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InstantRunoffVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantRunoffVoting</span></a> nationwide.</p><p>No more primaries. A campaign season that last only months instead of years, and GREATLY mitigates the influence of big money in politics.</p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@msbellows" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>msbellows</span></a></span> <br>All we need to eliminate the "Two Party System" is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InstantRunoffVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantRunoffVoting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCV</span></a>.</p><p>No more spoilers.<br>No more 2-party system.<br>Greatly mitigates the influence of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigMoney</span></a> in politics.<br>No more lengthy/costly Primaries.</p><p>It needs to be the law Nationally, but ten Red states have actually OUTLAWED <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCV</span></a>/#IRV completely. You don't have to guess why. 😡</p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>br00t4c</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> (aka <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InstantRunoffVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantRunoffVoting</span></a>) saved a ton of money by eliminating the need for Primaries & Runoffs, mitigates the influence of Big Money, and eliminates <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spoilers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spoilers</span></a> & The Two-Party System.</p><p>But it cost Sarah <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palin</span></a> the election when she ran for Congress in '22 (she received more "1st Choice" votes, but her opponent was the 2nd choice of more voters in a wide field of candidates, so she lost.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCV</span></a>: Less💲, more democratic, Repubs more likely to lose, so it must go.</p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tofugolem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tofugolem</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@BernieSanders" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BernieSanders</span></a></span> <br>I don't know how you can say that. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRV</span></a> is the closest thing to a panacea when it comes to fixing our election system. It:</p><p>1) Ends the 2-Party system.</p><p>2) No more spoilers.</p><p>3) It *greatly* mitigates the influence of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigMoney</span></a> in politics thanks to shorter & less intense campaigns.</p><p>4) Elections become less "confrontational" (fewer attack ads) as candidates strive to be voter's *second* choice as well as first. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InstantRunoffVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantRunoffVoting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCV</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tofugolem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tofugolem</span></a></span> <br>The quickest/easiest way to "get the money out of politics" is to simply adopt <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InstantRunoffVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantRunoffVoting</span></a> for ALL elections.</p><p>This would totally eliminate the most costly part of running for office: "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Primaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Primaries</span></a>" (followed by Runoffs.) No primaries also greatly shortens the time spent running for office, and the time spent by candidates fundraising.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElectionReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionReform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUnited</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@BernieSanders" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BernieSanders</span></a></span></p>
Harry Underwood<p>Ultimately, whether it’s through party list PR or even proportional RCV, shifting the US away from single winner, winner take all elections/districts and toward multi-winner proportional elections requires changing the language to be less wordy to American English ears. </p><p>That’s why you hear <a href="https://union.place/tags/rankedchoicevoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rankedchoicevoting</span></a> and <a href="https://union.place/tags/instantrunoffvoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instantrunoffvoting</span></a> being used by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@fairvote" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fairvote</span></a></span> but not <a href="https://union.place/tags/SingleTransferableVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleTransferableVote</span></a>. <a href="https://union.place/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/fairvote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fairvote</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Aquarius Otter<p>In a country like the US, even the promise of <a href="https://queer.party/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> and maybe top-two+ voting is incomplete without at least a partial return to <a href="https://queer.party/tags/FusionVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FusionVoting</span></a>. <a href="https://queer.party/tags/RCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCV</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/IRV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRV</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/InstantRunoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantRunoff</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/InstantRunoffVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantRunoffVoting</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/TopTwoPrimary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TopTwoPrimary</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/FairVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FairVote</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/RankedChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoice</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/ElectoralFusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralFusion</span></a></p>
Aquarius Otter<p><a href="https://queer.party/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a>/ <a href="https://queer.party/tags/InstantRunoffVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantRunoffVoting</span></a> will be on the ballot in <a href="https://queer.party/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> and <a href="https://queer.party/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> next year. Huge, consequential ballot measures to support.</p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p>(Porting my bookmarks):</p><p>The benefits of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCV</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRV</span></a> are manifold:</p><p>1) No more (expensive/lengthy) Primaries.<br>2) No more spoilers. Winner always receives at least 50%+ of the vote.<br>3) No more 2-Party system.<br>4) GREATLY mitigates the influence of big money in politics.<br>5) Would make political debates/ads "nicer" as candidates try not to offend so they are at least someone's 2nd choice.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InstantRunoffVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantRunoffVoting</span></a></p>
Vu Austern<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://zirk.us/@heuser" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>heuser</span></a></span> I agree with you that he didn't necessarily need to allow this (fossil fuel dependency need not be powered by U.S. fossil fuels), so I this as a blemish on his record, though I also agree with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@RememberUsAlways" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RememberUsAlways</span></a></span> that there's only one viable major party for climate progress in the US currently, and that's going to continue to be the case at least until we switch enough places away from <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FirstPastThePost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstPastThePost</span></a> election systems to <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a> (a.k.a. <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/InstantRunoffVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantRunoffVoting</span></a>).</p><p>I think it's less useful to see it as a "sin" than to just move onto the next battle, whether it be lawsuits against the project or otherwise.</p>
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