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I've created an MSP Social calendar with events that might be of interest to many of us.

Right now @t54r4n1 and I can edit the calendar, so if there's something you think should be added, let one of us know. Without your input I might not have a lot to add to it, so your help will be appreciated!

Thanks.

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I'm going to try to post stuff at @squiggy , and it will be mostly friends-only.

If you want to read about my inner turmoil, and we're mutuals, good chance I'll approve a follow request. Just want to talk about that stuff in a smaller sandbox.

I thought you might like to know that, according to the extremely unscientific methodologies I have at my disposal, MSP Social is really

For users of mspsocial.net — here is the MSPSocial Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/mspsocial

Do not feel like you are under any obligation to contribute! You're welcome here whether or not you choose to support financially... In fact, posting and hanging out here is the best form of support. But anyone who can afford and wants to support this community effort through more than their presence is welcome to do so.

It could grow into something more, but it doesn't have to!

My brain is tired. We still have one more session tonight.

After the senator answered questions that had been selected from our group questions, we had a session with two economists (one right and one left). They answered Jobs and Economy questions selected from our groups, and agreed a surprising amount.

Occam's Razor though suggests they just didn't get much direction / training and our guy is choosing to be laissez faire all in his own.

Photo of an image of the same room from a different/better angle.

We're now filing in to a conference room set up as a TV studio for our first presidential candidate, Michael Bennet.

A theory is starting to develop among our group that different groups are moderated differently; i.e., there are passive moderators and active moderators, and they will measure the difference between the two...

"I was like oh hell no this other girl had a good question suggestion I'm just going to write it down and submit it."

Immigration wasn't as big of a shit show because we did a better job containing and working around the conservatives.

Then one of then got the pen and paper to write one of our group's questions. (After each session we write 2 questions as a committee to be presented to presidential candidates).

THEN as the guy wrote he was cabining and reframing the suggestions, AND he tried to argue that he actually wrote BOTH questions.

Law professor, to me after the immigration session: "I'm trying not to do a lot of sighing and eye-rolling, but it's getting hard."

A Lego replica of the building I am standing in #resortception

At one point I literally had to say "I'm not sure why we're talking about NATO."

After two full sessions today (healthcare, environment) I am getting the sense that effectively we've got a couple people that feel strongly on each side and a group of quieter people who may not have deep or strong opinions on a given issue.

It may be that this whole exercise is really about that last group. They hear the rest of us go around an issue and maybe come away informed enough to have an opinion.

So there were two big climate deniers in the room (out of the 13 or 14 of us) and they *really* effectively derailed our conversation about the climate, and it really was America In One Room.

The people feeling climate horror spent all sorts of energy trying to reach these two assholes, and it was all a waste of time because they're unmoveable, and as a result the ability to make necessary progress was substantially impaired.

A real life horror show.

The climate denial in this room is horrifying.

I am so, so socialist compared to these people.

I've got other group FOMO. There are like 38 other groups.

I have seen America in one room and

Funny people replying; ya can't pack your toothbrush early, and packing g earlier doesn't keep you from thinking you packed thins ya didn't.