Former dev, Infosec-curious. Pronouns: she/her/OMG not her again. Married lesbian gal.
Since one of my hobbies is not dying of preventable diseases, I often post about vaccines. My handle is completely unrelated to this! Think VAX as in DEC, not vaccines. It's a misspelled ill-advised ancient Usenet joke, and now I'm stuck with this handle for as long as the Internet lives.
The DoJ thinks Alaska should stop certification in the Senate if the DoJ doesn’t like the result. #giftlink
The premise here is that maybe voters mistakenly picked the independent Dan Sullivan instead of the Republican Dan Sullivan, and this imagined mistake somehow merits a DoJ investigation and denying a state representation.
But: RCV??????????????? Maybe the DoJ doesn’t know that Alaska does ranked choice?????????????????
David Kurtz at Talking Points Memo has an alarming piece about the Trump administration efforts to subvert the midterm elections.
The key part is the administration demand that California not count the ballots that the DoJ claims come from non-citizens. The fed “don’t count” list is sourced from the finest quality DoJ vibes and is not at all bogus.
TPM – Talking Points MemoYour Election Interference Fears Were 100% JustifiedThis Is Not a Drill … Repeat … NOT a Drill The...
This is a nice story, with lovely photos. #giftlink
The last of the three King County sites is King County South (KCS) treatment plant, and its Sars-CoV-2 7DRA numbers bouncing around the same fairly high range that they were the previous week. The last 7DRA calculation was made on 10/13.
The Brightwater sewage treatment plant (BWT) in Woodinville 7DRA numbers are very much improved relative to the week previous, but is still fairly high. Its last 7DRA calculation was made on 10/13.
Greetings, here are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.
A reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.
The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's SARS-CoV2 seven-day running average numbers are bouncing around a fairly high range. The last seven day running average calculation was done on 10/13.
WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth
Washington State Department of HealthRespiratory Illness Data DashboardToggle navigation Menu
Observation: my heavens there’s a lot going on rn.
Everything I’ve read suggests that control of the Senate is a tossup, so I decided to focus my efforts into phonebanking in those races.
Today I found myself talking to an enthusiastic Michigan voter who had an absentee ballot, knew that it is too late to mail it in, knew that she was going to take it to an early voting site, knew that early voting started in her area tomorrow, knew which early voting site she was taking it to, and also knew when she was taking it in.
To you, highly informed and organized battleground state voter lady, a 🏆🥇to you. America thanks you for your service.