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Wed Nov 4 06:00:01 EST 2020
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Slept from ten-thirty to seven.
Woke around four, and took some time to fall back to sleep.
Sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s.
Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
Still no conclusion to the election.
That this wasn't a landslide disappoints me;
I'm disappointed in America.
Work
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- Copy BV notification settings to other properties
Done.
- Order printer for CL
Done.
- Delete last paragraph of welcome letter
Done.
- Work on check scanning
No.
- Order three spare laptops to Jamie for new hires?
No.
Twenty-five-minute walk at lunch.
Beautiful weather — sunny and warm.
Saw a blue jay and a rabbit and a nuthatch(?).
Home
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- Put Let's Go web book up on Nanook
Done.
- Play with megadungeon?
Done.
AP called Michigan and Wisconsin for Biden (by a very narrow margin).
If he can pick up PA or NV, that should be the ball game.
Frustratingly, it looks like GOP may keep control of the Senate.
Sunlight in the morning makes it easier to get out of bed, but full night by 6 PM sucks.
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On the other hand, to turn off the light and pace around my apartment in the dark for thirty minutes after work is sort of a relaxing meditative exercise.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/04/democrats-trump-voters-434100
> The Trump victory in 2016 was blurry, and therefore relatively easy for people to distance themselves from larger meaning. Hillary Clinton, the logic went, had singular vulnerabilities. There was Russian interference. Lots of Trump voters likely didn’t think he was going to win but were eager to use their votes to send a message of protest to the establishment of both parties. Plenty of people regarded his persona as a flamboyant put-on, and assumed he would embrace moderation and restraint in the event he was invested with real responsibility.
> Trump is on track to grow his popular vote total by millions of people, not one of whom could have been under any illusions about what they were voting for. Unlike 2016, there is no way to dismiss this as a flukish accident of democracy, or an illegitimate manipulation of democracy. His support was a robust expression of democracy.
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> It is not possible, of course, to separate Trump’s political performance from moral context. The argument of the past four years hasn’t been about, say, marginal tax rates in which people may accuse their opponents of greed but in the end can easily split the difference. It’s not even like arguments about abortion rights, in which the differences aren’t easily split and the different sides often view each other with mutual incomprehension. But even in that case adversaries are in violent opposition to each other’s views, not in violent opposition to the body of institutions, rules, and prevailing ethical customs which cumulatively create a democratic culture.
> Trump is in opposition that.
Servings: grains 7/6, fruit 2/4, vegetables 2/4, dairy 2/2, meat 2/3, nuts 0/0.5
Brunch: cucumber, banana, coffee
Lunch: apple, egg and avocado wrap
Afternoon snack: Cheetos
Dinner: cookies
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