The Rev Dr Sherwood Forrester

Before the 2020 election, I said I wanted a boring presidency that just did things. I don't want that anymore. I want a radical president who shakes the shit out of things. I want the Supreme Court expanded to one seat per circuit court like it had always been (currently 13) 1/

I want Puerto Rico either released to be an independent nation, or given full representation in the House and Senate, as the residents prefer. I want Ranked Choice/Instant Runoff voting. I want gerrymandering banned. In short, I want a country that FUCKING WELL WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE. 5/

Before the 2020 election, I said I wanted a boring presidency that just did things. I don't want that anymore. I want a radical president who shakes the shit out of things. I want the Supreme Court expanded to one seat per circuit court like it had always been (currently 13) 1/

I want SpaceX nationalized because leaving US access to space up to a private company led by a lunatic is not tenable I want internet connectivity regulated like a public utility rather than a business so that Lone Skum can't cut off entire nations on a whim 3/

Before the 2020 election, I said I wanted a boring presidency that just did things. I don't want that anymore. I want a radical president who shakes the shit out of things. I want the Supreme Court expanded to one seat per circuit court like it had always been (currently 13) 1/

I have a real simple solution for what to do with big data centers. If a company wants to build one, here are the rules: 1) Either they generate their own power by sustainable means, or they absorb ALL the rise in costs of production of power so residents do not suffer higher rates. 1/

4) If a company is running an A"I" (really, it's all artificial, no intelligence), they must be able to demonstrate training the A"I" involved *zero* IP theft, visual, text, audio, whatever. 5) They will construct it with zero tax relief and zero public funding. 3/

I have a real simple solution for what to do with big data centers. If a company wants to build one, here are the rules: 1) Either they generate their own power by sustainable means, or they absorb ALL the rise in costs of production of power so residents do not suffer higher rates. 1/

Good grief. It should not take four freakin' hours to transfer a phone number from one phone to another, especially when I'm transferring internally with the same provider. Instead, #Tracfone turned the whole experience into something like being tasered in the crotch. 1/

I call the number back... and then my new phone buzzes and it has a signal—confirmation of which the previous call had a responsibility to wait for. There is no reason whatsoever this should have taken that long, and *twice* when I said I needed further assistance I was ignored and hung up on. 6/

Good grief. It should not take four freakin' hours to transfer a phone number from one phone to another, especially when I'm transferring internally with the same provider. Instead, #Tracfone turned the whole experience into something like being tasered in the crotch. 1/

I was able to call support from my work computer since we have a softphone. I gave the phone robot my number, it said "Okay, I fixed it!" and I checked the phone and there was still no service. It: "Can I do anything else for you?" Me: "I need a live agent." 4/

Good grief. It should not take four freakin' hours to transfer a phone number from one phone to another, especially when I'm transferring internally with the same provider. Instead, #Tracfone turned the whole experience into something like being tasered in the crotch. 1/

The worst came with the second online chat (the first was clearly with a 'bot) at the very end when he gave me the tech support number because he had run out of things he could do. He asked if there was anything else I needed. I replied yes, now I no longer have service on my old phone. 2/

The official OVFF Pegasus nominees have been released! Best Filk Song Courage, Dear Heart - Summer Russell Half Cremona - Talis Kimberley Middle Ages - Mich Sampson & Marilisa Valtazanou The Tiniest Bit of the Powder - Dr. Mary Crowell Twilight Starlight - Jen Midkiff 1/

Best End of the World Song Business Plan for the Apocalypse - Eric Distad (Goin' Down the) Cosmic Drain - Sally Childs-Helton Earth That Was - Cecilia Eng The End, or, Ragnapocalypsageddon - Lawrence Dean Tanz mit mir - Eva Van Daele-Hunt 4/

The official OVFF Pegasus nominees have been released! Best Filk Song Courage, Dear Heart - Summer Russell Half Cremona - Talis Kimberley Middle Ages - Mich Sampson & Marilisa Valtazanou The Tiniest Bit of the Powder - Dr. Mary Crowell Twilight Starlight - Jen Midkiff 1/

Best Classic Filk Song Before the Dawn - Mike Whitaker City of Doors - Dr. Mary Crowell Crispy Danish - Andrew Ross High Desert - Jeff Bohnhoff Sedona - Gary Ehrlich Best Performer Tim Griffin Leslie Hudson Sunnie Larsen Three of a Kind Via Bella 2/