emily ⸆⸉

laurelin and telperion’s biggest fan - matt the radar technician’s mom - retired rear admiral jay garage-a-roo - be prepared for me to talk about taylor swift

[emily ⸆⸉ @silmaremily]

I was invited by Prime Video to The Rings Of Power event at #SDCC and as always my favorite experience is talking with the showrunners and cast, not only are they so kind, but they all know the characters so deeply

@TheRingsofPower @PrimeVideo #PrimeVideoCreator #TheRingsofPower

[emily ⸆⸉ @silmaremily]

@DarthBob5 ah she ropes you into going through the boxes too

[emily ⸆⸉ @silmaremily]

@frodolore i could not put down don’t let the forest in!!! so haunting, i loved it

[Kith Kerulin (essa conta é serva de Sauron)🔥👁️🔥 @KithKerulin]

👑💍
#Galadriel #Sauron #Saurondriel
#RingsOfPower

[e⚜️ @whodathomo]

School shooters don’t even get this many cops man if you need more evidence that the ruling class is truly who is protected in this country look no further than how this has all played out

[sunny 🍋 @pinksunnys]

at the end of dagor dagorath 💍🍂 (pt 2/2)

#haladriel #trop

[emily ⸆⸉ @silmaremily]

@DarthBob5 hey nice shoe oraganizer

[emily ⸆⸉ @silmaremily]

I have completed my challenge of 75 books! https://t.co/F0ctY1EAgY

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

Hey Trump voters.

Hate to break it to you - but here’s what actually happened on Tuesday.

Watch. Bernie explained it 20 years ago.

[emily ⸆⸉ @silmaremily]

@OrcKoyze195 maybe you should have supported me but not voting for someone that would ensure that if go septic from a pregnancy complication, emergency care will be DELAYED because the doctor had to call their lawyer first, all because i live in a state that does not protect this type of care

[emily ⸆⸉ @silmaremily]

@ladydragonjj i live in such a rural area, I knew my perspective would seem skewed so I stayed calm. But when i saw her losing ground in MAJOR CITIES and in counties with UNIVERSITIES. i lost hope.

[emily ⸆⸉ @silmaremily]

@frodolore i can’t do four more years of that. i literally don’t think my spirit can take it.

[emily ⸆⸉ @silmaremily]

@ladydragonjj i’m like paralyzed with shock and fear

[emily ⸆⸉ @silmaremily]

@sunderedseas im literally sitting here in disbelief

[emily ⸆⸉ @silmaremily]

@robertjoscribe please please please please

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

i don't think its healthy for a nation to be held hostage by the hallucinations of a rabid cult that lives in an entirely separate reality.

[emily ⸆⸉ @silmaremily]

yeah don’t try me today

[emily ⸆⸉ @silmaremily]

@sunderedseas literally it’s CONFOUNDING to me

[emily ⸆⸉ @silmaremily]

@halbrandthinker we don’t know yet pls cross your fingers and toes for us 😥💙🤞🏻

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

I have a confession and a plea to folks who are flirting with voting Jill Stein.

When I was a 20 year old college student in 2000, I voted for Ralph Nader instead of Al Gore. I loved the progressive message Nader offered, and Bush and Gore seemed kinda the same to someone who was paying peripheral attention.

I've regretted that vote for my entire adult life.

Ultimately, George Bush won by a margin of 500+ votes in the state of Florida over Gore. And that was the ballgame. Ralph Nader peeled 97,000+ votes away from Gore. If only 600 of those 90,000 had voted for the major party candidate that more aligned with their values, things would have been very different.

When I was in my senior year of college, 9/11 happened. The country and western world rallied around Bush's resolute response to the traumatizing terror attacks. I was in NY at the time, and it was a terrifying moment for the nation.

But the consequences of Bush being in office at that moment were immense.

Bush's disdain for his dad's nemesis, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, led him to invent a rationale to invade a country that literally had nothing to do with 9/11. End result? He killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people, thousands of American troops, and spent over a trillion dollars of taxpayer money in the process.

Beyond the completely immoral and indefensible Iraq War, Bush was a complete disaster as a president. His "No Child Left Behind" effort turned public schools into standardized testing centers. He tripled down on fossil fuels and ignored climate change. His tax cuts for the rich helped contribute to the 2008 economic downturn that led to the Great Recession.

He was a terrible president.

In an alternate reality, Al Gore would have been president in 2001 when terrorists attacked America. Would he have gone into Iraq? Absolutely not. Would he have ignored global warming? 100% no! Gore was perhaps the preeminent proponent of fighting climate change at that time. Would he have passed massive tax cuts for the wealthy? No way.

This is a sliding doors scenario. What would have happened? We can't be sure. But one thing is for sure: those votes for Ralph Nader (in Florida in particular) were EXCEPTIONALLY consequential for the lives of millions around the world. Gore would have offered a more forward-facing, environmentally conscious & peaceful presidency that wasn't so rooted in grievance and privilege.

My point is:

Either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will win the election. That is a fact. You might feel the need to submit a "protest vote" as I did in 2000.

Just be ready to wear it when Donald Trump wins, strips away reproductive rights from all Americans, implements an economy-destroying tariff, dismantles the entire federal government, eliminates the Department of Education, prosecutes his perceived enemies, and devolves America into chaos.

There are no perfect choices. But rest assured, there are only two.

Trust me - I've been wearing my vote for a quarter century.