father husband FOSS OER foodie ruminator hopeful-idealist No longer actively using Twitter - gone to more open, hopeful channels: [email protected]
Christchurch, NZ
Joined November 2007
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LightweightMastodon retweeted
So we've found that Chris Luxon does not believe in:
- Budgets
- Abortions
- Dinosaurs
- Climate change
- Te Tiriti (te reo)
- First Elections
- Classroom autonomy
- Renter's rights
What else?
LightweightMastodon retweeted
#BREAKING in Newshub’s final pre-election polling the Greens are on 14.9%, & NINETEEN MPs in Parliament.
The Green wave is here. It’s happening.
The most important thing now is that everyone goes out and VOTES. The time is now.
LightweightMastodon retweeted
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LightweightMastodon retweeted
“Luxon is what you get when you order a John Key from AliExpress.” – at Sydney, New South Wales
LightweightMastodon retweeted
You’re right, it’s too open to abuse.
It’s got worse since postal & online voting was given to all.
LightweightMastodon retweeted
God forbid U.S. ever goes to online voting.
There’s good reason the U.S. abandoned an online voting pilot program for overseas military.
It’s not secret & it’s not safe. Right now.
Way too vulnerable to manipulation by hostile actors.
I’m sure Glenn& his Boss is all for it🙄
LightweightMastodon retweeted
We have many challenges to ensuring their are no fraudulent or stolen accounts. The state of cybersecurity, such as it exists in the US today, leaves much to be desired. We are not anywhere close to being ready for online voting from a security standpoint.
LightweightMastodon retweeted
Wells Fargo, Zelle slammed by Liz Warren over rampant online banking fraud dlvr.it/Scbh4H – at Hockessin, DE
LightweightMastodon retweeted
Pro tip: if you bike to the show, not only can you park right next to the gate, they give you free Smarties when you leave
LightweightMastodon retweeted
@averygrrl it's just a cost benefit analysis, its cheaper to steal an online election. online voting is just a terrible idea, for any country. it's not like the US wouldn't hack another country's elections, it's so much cheaper than the usual youtube.com/watch?v=obr1vx7N…
LightweightMastodon retweeted
The amount of people thinking online voting is a good idea is frighteningly high.... Funny thing is, I'm pretty sure that these people also probably has the most vulnerable devices
LightweightMastodon retweeted
Hi friends, for the time being you can find me at:
@[email protected]. Grateful to @Mackiwg, @lightweight, and the @OERuniversitas crew for creating a space
LightweightMastodon retweeted
20221103: Waqas Chughtai: Online voting is more available than ever. So what effect does it have on voter turnout? ["Millions were able to vote online in Ontario's municipal elections, but overall voter turnout was down"
Nearly four million people were eligible to cast a ballot online in last month's Ontario municipal elections, but a majority of them did not vote at all. cbc.ca/1.6637975
LightweightMastodon retweeted
When early voting was approved, when no-excuse mail-in voting was approved, when online voting was approved, when deadlines were made flexible, and when ballot counting ceased to be transparent.
LightweightMastodon retweeted
Pencil and paper works, is cheap, is fast to count, is secure, works when the power goes off, and everybody understands it.
OK, the power doesn't go off much in the UK, but I've run a polling station in Kosovo by torchlight. Pencil and paper voting continued normally.
LightweightMastodon retweeted
We’re not focusing enough on the practical impact of Zeldin as NY Gov:
* Defunding mass transit
* Cuts to public schools
* Appointment of Trumpian judges
* Resumption of fracking
* Pardon of Trump on State charges
* End to State funding for abortion providers
The threat is real. – at Manhattan, NY
LightweightMastodon retweeted
Mastodon is an increasingly popular choice. You could join an existing server or make a new one depending on your tech ability. (Just don't join mastodon.social, it's too big.)
A dedicated progressive politics US server would be neat!
LightweightMastodon retweeted
Hi my dears. Two things can be true at once.
Thing 1: we desperately need to unlearn colonial domination relations to our environment & each other.
Thing 2: at 8 billion people, a non-domination relation will be a) lot of work & care, b) high-tech and c) low-consumption.
