Post Ar3OORFhvGVa5AV2Qa by beadsland@hcommons.social
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 (DIR) Post #Ar37pLWDeMAstiT3AG by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-02-12T17:35:55Z
       
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       Trying to contact my Congresspeople. I want to write them. I mistrust their webforms. I want an e-mail address. So I phone to ask. 1/
       
 (DIR) Post #Ar37rbQNU2ggo8oMUq by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-02-12T17:36:22Z
       
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       I call Representative Anna Paulina Luna's office. Someone answers, but informs me that there is no e-mail, just the webform. Postal mail it will have to be. 2/
       
 (DIR) Post #Ar37ubzZpTMTRAi6BU by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-02-12T17:36:54Z
       
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       I try to call Senator Rick Scott's office. There's no phone number on his site, so I call his contact number listed on the official Florida delegation page of the US Senate. https://www.senate.gov/states/FL/intro.htmStraight to voicemail, at 12:30-ish on Wednesday. 3/
       
 (DIR) Post #Ar37x2NsfvvhrzEctM by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-02-12T17:37:21Z
       
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       On the same page, I find the phone number for my newly Senator, Ashley Moody.Again, straight to voicemail. 4/
       
 (DIR) Post #Ar38Mjypiv1MJtm89Y by billseitz@toolsforthought.social
       2025-02-12T17:41:57Z
       
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       @interfluidity in what sense? That form-submits will get read less than emails? I suspect they're tied for last place. Though I could be wrong, the browse/review function of the gov-provided CwC app could be horrible....https://www.house.gov/doing-business-with-the-house/communicating-with-congress-cwc
       
 (DIR) Post #Ar38fEbmaT6sWYoPy4 by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-02-12T17:45:19Z
       
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       @billseitz I paste my hard won, carefully articulated thoughts in a text box. I hit submit. I get no real acknowledgment. I end up either back on a contact page, or on some glitchy page thanking me for my "e-mail". It feels like throwing my words into the digital trash. If they had a meaningful system that sent receipt acknowledgement eg by e-mail, I'd gladly use the webforms. My experience is trash. I have no trust my words are saved or read or anything.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ar3OORFhvGVa5AV2Qa by beadsland@hcommons.social
       2025-02-12T20:41:33Z
       
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       @interfluidity icymi https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/113992819926463425
       
 (DIR) Post #Ar3z3Ai9vJvf0IWvLc by eyesquash@mastodon.world
       2025-02-13T03:32:16Z
       
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       @interfluidity first.last@senate.gov might work.