Worth noting that companies already paying the Jumpstart tax in Seattle (upon which the statewide tax would be modeled) would be exempt.

Yeah, as frustrating as it is to watch knowing what's coming down the pike, it seems to really help get things moving after the known bad thing has demonstrably happened. See surveillance, for example.

Thank you!

For sure! I think the more we can do to get dark money out of elections, for example, the better off we'll be.

Honestly, I'll probably make yum yum noises and talk with my friends. 🤣 But your way is much more poetic!

It's certainly complicated, but if a society did away with elected office and still wanted something akin to democracy, you would have to vote on huge numbers of initiatives. It would be hard for people to become informed enough to vote at that volume.

Making sure that our neighbors and community can go to work or the store or just take a walk without being abducted is a huge public safety issue btw.

And it’s a community-wide public safety issue that will affect you, even if you’re not the one directly under threat from a rogue federal agency.

Oof. Sounds really rough. Glad you made it through.

I'm pretty sure I'd get very sick if I ate an entire pie in a day, but satisfying regret sounds about right!

This makes me happy! And also I want pie. 🤣

Noooooo

I felt bad about missing this, but reading your recap makes me think maybe that was okay.