Metaphysical Boundaries

Hayes: Trump started a stupid, devastating war for no reason and lost

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by Henry Wilson, London

Georgia Republicans have decided to cancel a plan to redraw the state's congressional districts to create more Republican seats, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump's nationwide gerrymandering agenda.

The plan was supposed to be debated at the special session that begins today, and would only have applied to elections starting in 2028. Republicans were likely planning to delete a majority-Black district in the southwest of the state, and possibly another in Atlanta.

The move to cancel redistricting "comes after weeks of mounting pressure from Democrats, voting rights groups and even some uneasy Republicans who warned that reopening redistricting could energize Democratic voters and overshadow a pivotal stretch of the campaign season," reported Greg Bluestein for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Additionally, House Speaker Jon Burns "pointed to pending litigation over Georgia’s 2021 maps as a reason to pause" in a letter to Gov. Brian Kemp, "arguing that lawmakers should not rush into another overhaul while the courts are still weighing the boundaries already in place."

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes appeared at a congressional forum in Washington, D.C., to talk about security concerns ahead of the nation’s upcoming elections.

Fontes told the Senate Democrats who hosted the meeting that local and state election officials used to have a close working relationship with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, a federal agency created during President Donald Trump’s first term to help states deal with election security threats.

“It was not that long ago that I had the director of CISA's personal cellphone number in my phone. That's the kind of relationship that we had with our partners,” Fontes said.

But he says that’s not the case anymore.

Fontes’ comments come as many state officials told NPR they are not receiving the same level of support from CISA.

Rather than helping, Fontes accused the Trump administration of exacerbating the issues facing election officials.

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America’s vast, sunburnt underbelly of sunglassed men with names that end in -ayden and their vacant-eyed girlfriends descended on DC to, at least in theory, celebrate President Donald Trump’s birthday and watch dudes beat the shit out of each other in a ring sponsored by crypto casinos, the now-unwoke Bud Light, and Saudi real estate, soundtracked by Godsmack and Diddy….

I went into this weekend with a fairly open mind. There is something actually endearing about opening up the White House grounds to the public for a fun event that families can go to. But after 48 hours throwing back some of the most disgusting $30 margaritas I’ve ever had the misfortune of suffering through, my conclusion is that UFC’s Freedom 250 could have only been dreamed up by a president and a fighting league that fucking loathes their own supporters.

Yes, even if you're neurodivergent. I don't have ADHD, but it is allegedly a thing with ADHD as well. And I am autistic, and after a bunch of nerve damage (severe enough that I was basically housebound for 6 months), I had to completely rebuild my ability to get my brain to Do Things from what felt like nearly scratch.

This is specifically from ADDitude magazine, so written specifically for ADHD (and while focused in large part on kids, also definitely includes adults and adult activities):

Here's a link on this for autism (though as an editor wow did that title need an editor lol):

Resources on this aren't great because they're mainly aimed at neurotypical therapists or parents of neurdivergent children. There's worksheets you can do that help a lot too or thought work you can do to sort of build the neuro-infrastructure for tasks.

But a lot of the stuff is just like. fun. Pulling from both the first article and my own experience:

Play games or video games where you have to make a lot of decisions. Literally go make a ton of picrews or do online dress-up dolls if you like. It helped me.

Art, especially forms of art that require patience, planning ahead, or in contrast improvisation

Listening to longform storytelling without visuals, e.g. just listening regularly to audiobooks or narrative podcasts, etc.

Meditation

Martial arts

Sports in general

Board games like chess or Catan (I actually found a big list of what board games are good for building what executive functioning skills here)

Woodworking

Cooking

If you're bad at time management play games or video games with a bunch of timers

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