The last few years have been a mess, and I've repeatedly struggled to clarify my thoughts. So now I'm trying to actual tackle that by starting a Substack.

My first post, "I'm Not Political" addresses the need for those who have disengaged to step up in what is a critical moment in history.

That's where I'll be posting articles relating to primarily US and Canadian politics, though this will naturally intersect with culture and technology. So if you are interested in that type of thing and/or enjoy my first post, subscribing via email will get you alerted to anything new that goes up.

Welcome to Elle, fellas. If we have to be here, at least we get to do it together.
Posted by Ellyoda Mon, 25 Apr 2022 04:28:44 (comments: 58)
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Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:21:27

Well this past week has been fun... oh this country...

 
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:56:06

I don't have a full article for this but I just wanted to elaborate on the baselessness of not just Dobbs but many cases lately. In essence, that the Supreme Court right-wingers are just making stuff up to reach a predefined conclusion, and the dissent called them out on it in the Dobbs case.

The American public,
they thought, should never conclude that its constitutional
protections hung by a thread—that a new majority, adhering to a new “doctrinal school,” could “by dint of numbers”
alone expunge their rights. Id., at 864. It is hard—no, it is
impossible—to conclude that anything else has happened
here. One of us once said that “[i]t is not often in the law
that so few have so quickly changed so much.” S. Breyer,
Breaking the Promise of Brown: The Resegregation of
America’s Schools 30 (2022). For all of us, in our time on
this Court, that has never been more true than today. In
overruling Roe and Casey, this Court betrays its guiding
principles.

The question of whether other rights are in jeopardy isn't one of jurisprudence or case law and whether there is a consistency of reasoning, because that isn't relevant to the majority's decisions. But outside of that, I'm wondering whether the judicial system can withstand it. It was already crumbling to a degree. Unqualified Trump judges were making ridiculous judgments counter to established law. Now established law is becoming incoherent. What then becomes of the lower courts? What about honest judges and prosecutors for whom the current Supreme Court is making a mockery?

 
Sun, 17 Jul 2022 18:09:53
Talking about abortion is difficult and complicated, but it's currently necessary. I my latest newsletter post, I reject the framing of the discussion of exceptions. The majority of this is educational and meant to explore the diversity of circumstances, motivations and effects of the procedure because there is just a lot of oversimplified or outright ignorant perspectives on the subject.

https://welcometoelle.substack.com/p/alright-lets-talk-about-abortion
 
Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:10:38

Great blog post, very informative. I hope others are taking notice of your work.

 
Wed, 27 Jul 2022 02:17:35
Thanks. If nothing else it's an outlet for dealing with, well, *gestures broadly*
 
Tue, 04 Oct 2022 22:01:32
I had been set back a little on writing, but back at it with my latest on the common refrain of "Do something!"

Latest Newsletter
 
Wed, 02 Nov 2022 01:09:39
My latest post relates Ontario's latest political chaos with the issues of rights in America.

Canadians Have Rights -- Abuse of Power Notwithstanding
 
Sun, 20 Nov 2022 22:12:57
My latest newsletter talks about voting machines, election security, and how Republicans are pushing for paper ballots, and how that shouldn't prompt a knee-jerk response.

Republicans are Poisoning the Well on Paper Ballots
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