RANKED-CHOICE VOTING (RCV) IS A RANKED VOTING SYSTEM IN WHICH VOTERS CAN RANK THEIR CHOICE OF CANDIDATES BY PREFERENCE. IF ANY CANDIDATE HAS OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE VOTE, HE OR SHE WINS; OTHERWISE, THE CANDIDATE WITH THE FEWEST VOTES IS ELIMINATED — AND HIS OR HER VOTES ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THEIR VOTERS’ SECOND CHOICES. THIS PROCESS REPEATS UNTIL A CANDIDATE CROSSES 50 PERCENT.

Ecocide refers to unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts.

The “lying flat” movement calls on young workers and professionals, including the middle-class people to opt out of the struggle for workplace success, and to reject the promise of consumer fulfilment.