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  • 110 film! The first time I figured out that capacitors hurt was when I dropped a 110 film camera. The front plate popped off and when I tried to pick up the camera, I touched the wrong part of the circuit board and the flash cap discharged into my hand. I dropped the camera, and it recharged the capacitors. I picked it up again and got zapped again. Was not the brightest kid. Picked it up more carefully and popped the front plate back on. Camera was fine. Entire cartridge of film developed perfectly.












  • They aren’t treated worse because that makes no sense

    The messaging to progressives is “You will shut up and vote as we order you. We will never listen to your concerns and we will blame you for every loss we earn.”

    The messaging to republicans is “Ok, who do we have to throw under the bus to get your support, Mr. Cheney, sir?”

    Yes, progressives are treated worse. Your gaslighting is predicated on a ridiculous lie and I will not be interacting with someone who insults my intelligence as harshly as you just did.



  • Progressives have won many local seats in places, so no they are not being stopped.

    centrists don’t have to be 100% successful in their efforts to make sure that only republicans and centrists are allowed to run.

    At higher level offices yes of course they struggle to knock out funded, well known incumbents.

    So how low is the cutoff here? Where’s the line that deliniates “where progressives can win” and “where putting our thumb on the scale against progressives is acceptable”?

    But it’s the pitiful turnout at these primaries is the real problem.

    Cuellar beat Cisneros by like 500 votes after the party put its full weight behind him. Of course, he was a high enough level to be worth protecting. At the same level, we had Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman, who the party didn’t want to protect because they were progressive incumbents.

    Why would they expect a friendly, helping hand from an org they often paint as their opposition?

    Because we’ve seen decades of the democratic party offering a friendly helping hand to republicans.