Democritus Junior

politically non-binary

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters...
—Anatomy of Melancholy, Pt. 2, Sec. II, Mem. IV

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

Anything that doesn't list Munich or West Side Story is not to be taken seriously.
Honorable mention for War of the Worlds

[CONSEQUENCE @consequence]

Steven Spielberg's Top Films:

09. Minority Report
08. The Fabelmans
07. Jurassic Park
06. Saving Private Ryan
05. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
04. Schindler's List
03. Raiders of the Last Ark
02. Jaws
01. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

https://t.co/BwIi34rvnQ

[Carl @HistoryBoomer]

If having this on the White House lawn isn't crass and tacky, what would be?

Are there any limits? Wet t-shirt contests? Dwarf tossing? Nude jello wrestling? A climate-change die-in? Fat liberation dance party?

Or is presidential dignity a thing of yesteryear?

[Rory McCarthy @roryisconfused]

Are there any particularly good books on loneliness?

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

@HeerJeet Scandal (3) Axios is actually paywalled

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

@belovedangel222 Pretty sure us GenXers were there first

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

@mtaibbi This is the new "I'm colorblind"

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

@BarneysRubble0 Too bad it's not the guy who wrote Tropic of Cancer and The Rosy Crucifixion

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

@DiscussingFilm What does this have to do with film?

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

@JoyceCarolOates Trump is more Nero

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

@mtaibbi Because they tend to live in urban areas and skew younger and are college educated so are more receptive to the convience.
But look at Utah and Wyoming which skew Republican and have a large number of mail in voters

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

@mtaibbi Absentee voting was a thing since 1978.
Started in California
https://t.co/JKSVhk6rHD

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

@mtaibbi Why have studies found very low rates of fraud for mail in ballots?
In person is subject to the same level but different set of risks.
I think your issue with mail in is j7st a personal quirk

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

@mtaibbi Actually goes back to 1978
“Any registered voter may vote by ‘absentee’ ballot. Prior to 1978, only persons with a certified excuse… Since 1978, any registered voter may apply…”
https://t.co/XHyI4Fpd4F

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

It's better than really really good, it's an instant classic

[kim petras @kimpetras]

my album is really really good 👍

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

@mtaibbi Before covid anyone could sign up for mail in vote and would get it automatically.
Any registered voter could get a mail in ballot pre covid
https://t.co/udD4wkODIq

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

@SurlMudgeon @mtaibbi Before covid you could sign up as a vote by mail and get it sent to you.
Under covid what changed is everyone got one regardless of sign up

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

@kbean511 @mtaibbi For online registration, you generally need:
A California driver's license or California ID card number, and
The last four digits of your Social Security number.
Those details are checked against government records.

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

@mtaibbi 2016 voter's choice act expanded it even further

[Democritus Junior @tpkern]

@ilikefoodstuff @mtaibbi Hasn't there been mail in voting since the early aughts in Cali?
This has nothing to do with covid