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Down with party poopers (and primary poopers)

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Photo credit: 2013 Paul Wilkinson I've been debating the value of "primary elections" versus "general elections" with many people (mainly in the United States) over the years.  Some electoral reform advocates believe that we should do away with "expensive" primary elections, and use a system that eliminates the need.  Some even believe that political parties… Continue reading Down with party poopers (and primary poopers)

Scientific American and the “Perfect Electoral System”

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I wrote a letter to the editor(s) of Scientific American last night in response to an article that was recently published on their website. I've included my letter in response later in this blog post. I was probably harsher than what was deserved, because the article makes a valiant attempt to explain electoral reform beyond most of the options that have been tried in recent years. Delightfully, they explain Condorcet methods, and explain the problematic results in the Burlington mayoral election of 2009, when an unpopular incumbent remained in power despite clear majorities preferring the Democratic Party candidate. ( read more: https://robla.blog/2023/11/06/scientific-american-and-the-perfect-electoral-system/#articlebody )

Doo Doo Radio

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The old poster from the show on KUOI-FM, 89.3 FM! This is a late Saturday/early Sunday (January 24) update on Doo Doo Radio! There is now several pages on social media about this old show: Facebook: facebook.com/Doo-Doo-Radio-104944454930013/Twitter: twitter.com/DooDooRadio (hashtag #doodooradio)Youtube: many playlists; will update with more info when I get the chance. More to come!

Blogging is dead; long live journaling!

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I have accounts on Quora, Twitter, Medium, reddit, Mastodon, myndmess, Electorama, Miraheze, GitHub, GitLab, and robla.net, among other. Blogging is so aughts. I'm going to cover just a few of the sites that I journal on here: Website(s): robla.net/RobLaWikiJournal: https://robla.mirahze.org/wiki/RobLa_journalMicroblog: https://mastodon.social/@robla (see also: https://twitter.com/robla)Website(s): Electorama/electowikiJournal: https://electowiki.org/wiki/User:RobLa/JournalMicroblog: https://twitter.com/electowikiWebsite(s): myndmess.orgJournal: https://myndmess.org/wiki/User:RobLa/JournalWebsite(s): Wikipedia (en)/Wikidata/WikimediaJournal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:RobLa/JournalWebsite(s): MediaWikiJournal: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:RobLa/Journal Those… Continue reading Blogging is dead; long live journaling!

Thinking about “flyover country”

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Doc Searls from Santa Barbara, USA / File:Glacial_features_near_Beaver_Dam_Lake,_Wisconsin.jpg / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) UPDATE: 2020-04-24 - I posted most of what I was working on a few days ago over at Quora: https://www.quora.com/What-dont-most-liberals-realize/answer/Rob-Lanphier I still have some content for Daily Kos as well, but I'm still working out how to present it for the Daily Kos… Continue reading Thinking about “flyover country”