Election Day should be a Federal holiday.
But since it is not, let's celebrate in our own unsanctioned ways. Sure, our democracy is on the brink and under attack from bad actors both foreign and domestic, but today we use our voices as people. AI doesn't get a vote yet. Corporations have no direct roll in this activity. Only humans get a voice today.
And that's something to celebrate.
Tonight, when I am doomscrolling results or watching returns come in on the local news, I will celebrate with the lovely whiskey my daughter brought home from her trip to Scotland and I might eat some tofu. The outcome, however positive and hopeful, won't be the one I voted for, at least in the sense that not all the candidates I chose will win, and not all the ballot initiatives that I voted down will lose.
So celebrate this day of corporate silence. Stay human.