It's even worse than it appears.
What could the Repubs do that would cause the Dems to expel them from Congress, making the filibuster totally irrelevant.#
My project for last week and this week was to get Drummer running in Electron so it can be a desktop app in addition to a web app. I just hit a milestone -- I can now create and open files, and it remembers what tabs were open and when you restart they automatically re-open. The idea, as always, is to create a layer below which there are differences between the app that runs over the net, ie your files are stored on a server in the cloud, and the one that runs on the desktop, where the files are on your local system. For my most important writing, I prefer to use the Electron version. So hopefully by the end of the week I will be able to switch from the Electron app I've been using for the last four years, to the new Drummer-based system, which is much cooler, more Frontier-like. #
My car sent an email saying that one of my dashboard lights is on. I verified. I need to add water to my windshield washer. I feel loved. #
Someone should tell the news industry that all the michegas over who barked at who and who should be cancelled, is not a good look for their readers and viewers who observe that our political system is in the process of turning from a dysfunctional two-party system into a one-party autocratic system that's planning racial and gender suppression and possibly even cleansing. #

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