Abbott concedes!
First #LatinX Governor in #California! #uspol
Deeply satisfying. May we never hear from the execrable Vivek again.
"After a high-spending race that plumbed the depths of political attacks, Dr. Amy Acton, a Democrat who served during the pandemic as Ohioβs chief public health officer, has been elected the stateβs next governor, becoming the first woman to win the office, The Associated Press reported on Tuesday."
@samlitzinger Ramaswami is too stupid and arrogant to slink away in shame. But let's remove him from discussion except as an object of scorn and disgrace.
RE: https://masto.hackers.town/@benbrown/117556118271052124
UPDATE! DEMOCRATS WIN TEXAS, MAX IS NOW OCCASIONALLY SWEPT BY A BEAUTIFUL BLUE WAVE!!!!
βΌοΈ We just flipped an Ohio district that Democrats had only won once in six decades!
Congratulations to Don Leonard on this big victory in OH-15! This Central Ohio district will finally have a representative who is focused on serving the people instead of corrupt billionaires.
Andrews, a pediatrician, defeated GOP Sen. Darline Graham, who was appointed to the seat after the death of her brother, longtime Sen. Lindsey Graham. #news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/g-s1-151666/south-carolina-senate-race-andrews-graham
ain't that pretty?
@moira My state finally matches its flag! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Carolina
ABBOT HAS CONCEDED. WOW
Canva is bringing its Affinity software to Linux, saying that an official build for the platform is now in 'active development'.
Affinity is free, but not open-source software, offering raster, vector, photo processing and publishing tools in a unified app.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/11/affinity-linux-release-confirmed?v2
@omgubuntu thatβs amazing. Hopefully this brings more people on Linux which would also help accelerate the development of FOSS counterparts of these applications (GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Scribus).
Democratic Dr. Amy Acton has won the Ohio governorβs race, defeating President Trump-backed entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2026/11/03/ohio-governor-election-results-amy-acton-vivek-ramaswamy/92117382007/
We've submitted our applications to the Social Web Foundation! We Distribute has two potential candidate projects for the multimedia grant, and we think they're both really strong contenders. We're excited to talk about our plans, so stay tuned!
Dear people of the USA: Have you started planning protests to demand your presidentβs impeachment yet?
Just curious.
@ricci very good on a lot of issues, not great -- voted for Laken-Riley.