Politics will shorten your lifespan. (Juneish-Septemberish 02018).

Let's begin with this: If you have a plan to vote, you are much more likely to vote, and the other people around you are much more likely to vote if you talk to them about their plan to vote, too. (There's even a paper on it from Harvard. [PDF]) I live in a ballot-by-mail location, so it's a little easier for me to do civic things like that. Those of you who are not, however, understand that your employer must provide you with time to vote, if your given work shift covers the entirety of the time the polls are open. And that the lines are a lot less crowded if you go before you go to work rather than trying to go after. Also, if you are in the queue to vote when the polls officially close, you are still allowed to vote. And finally, attempts to influence your cote are generally restricted at a polling place, either by distance or some other mechanism. I'd like to believe that most of us have figured out the consequences of 2016. There are organizations looking to help you identify a swing district that you can influence, even if it is not your own.

If you live in a generally Republican state, check and make sure now that you're on the voting rolls, because there's a high probability you've been purged if you're anyone other than a white dude. Because some states will keep doing what they've been explicitly told not to do.

A full 50-state guide to where you can get your voter information and make sure that you're ready and eligible to vote.

( And we begin again. )

Things less likely to bring the rage all the time - August-October 02018

Good day. Would you like to start with an application to learn the business language of several Native tribes of Oregon. This comes from The Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde. Also present in the original post was a link to the Where Are Your Keys techniques and game for immersive language learning to quickly create more people who speak an endangered language and can then teach others the same.

offers a fantastic guide on how to still do lots of things on your smartphone when your data plan is limited or nonexistent. A large amount of it is "know where your public wireless points are, and plan beforehand about what data you'll need to download before you go so that you can have something to do when not connected to a public network.

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