@paulk Years ago it became the vogue to call girls of a certain age young women. Any female under 18 is a girl. We need to stop calling them young woman and young ladies. They are girls.

The same verbiage was used to refer to the sexual abuse by priests of boys, referring to them as young men, some underage.

@mloxton There is an excellent book, "How to Be an Antiracist," by Ibram X. Kendi. Sexism has become a more difficult thing, as in some cases, it's in the eye of the recipient. I take anything like a slight only because they are the opposite sex to be sexism; that goes both ways. I think there is a lot of overt sexism that's easy to spot. If someone is harassing another, that's not necessarily sexism, but certainly harassment, and occurs more toward women than men, to be sure. @bob @vkc

@mloxton Matthew, I agree with you, we need to deal with it. But to be quite frank, I rarely see it. Not that I'm not looking, rather it's ususally beyond what is in my feed, and therefore I can't respond. I suggest we broadcast, or perhaps create a list that can be used and these women can PM that list with what's happening. I'd be happy to help, but I don't see it, thus I can't help. @bob @vkc

@vkc Those of us who wouldn't see it much because it isn't directed at us and may never pass through our feed. I guess the best thing is to screenshot the harassment and post it for all to see so we can harass the harasser.

@numb_comfortably I will often post an image from my phone, not alt-text it until I can get to it on my computer. Usually, only a few minutes later. Alt-text doesn't work properly on my phone. I always use alt-text, but not always immediately due to technical issues.

@cmthiede I keep running scenarios through my head that make ranked choice voting terribly unclear.

Let's say we have five candidates. C1 and C2 get 33% first round votes. C3, C4, and C5 all get 11%. Now in Round 2, C4 got 40%, but C3-5 were eliminated, yet round 1 and 2 give C4 a majority. But some of those votes come from C1 and C2.

I don't see how it works. I'm consistently confused by the logic.

@msbellows @heidilifeldman @mastoreaderio

@benroyce That is a disturbing video. He is most definitely hopped up on something chemical.

@grimalkina I have had a dull ache in my soul since this event. Our country will not recover from this, not with the status quo in "leadership."