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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

interesting that 3/4 scenarios are Harris victory conditions

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

I’m betting on scenario 1

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/upshot/election-scenarios-polls.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“Since 1998, election polls in presidential, House, Senate and governor’s races have diverged from the final vote tally by an average of six percentage points… 2022 midterm elections, that average error was 4.8 points… if the polls are underestimating Ms. Harris by 4.8 points in each of the seven swing states, she would win every one of them… If those same polls underestimate Mr. Trump by the same margin, he would win all the battleground states...”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/us/elections/harris-trump-polls-states.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

not the smartest “closing argument”, I think

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/us/politics/trump-nancy-pelosi-liz-cheney-women.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Xk4.kCh8.GY-mEvNtjMxj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

CNN reporting those GA bomb threats to precincts were “of Russian origin”

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freexian@hachyderm.io ("Freexian :debian:") wrote:

If you are already using Debian in your organization, and are running current Debian stable or older releases, you might be aware of the Long Term Support available for them.

But do you know why it is equally important to support Debian unstable development?

#debian #debianUnstable #debianSid

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Enjoyed this #CallOfCthulhu campaign by the @ApocPlayers, Dead Light. It's now complete with 3 episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em6YmWOE4no

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troublewithwords@wandering.shop ("Steven Hoefer") wrote:

Maybe you would like to spend 40 minutes quietly watching a man hand-make bread for his mountain village.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOK3nS4t7_Y

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

a snoring pooch is cute

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• 719d791f7d782365.jpeg (remote)

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gratefulseconds@heads.social ("Grateful Seconds") wrote:

Today my book was published. By myself but not bad huh https://amzn.to/3CeE3Jq

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

a good guide: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/05/presidential-election-night-guide-time-watch

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

coreyspowell ("Corey S Powell") wrote:

To keep my American brain from exploding today, here are some remarkable new deep-space images from JWST.

First, a celestial smash-up. JWST's infrared eyes reveal cold dust that forms the "skeleton" of these colliding galaxies, known as IC 2163 and NGC 2207.

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-136 #space #science #nature #astronomy

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• Webb’s mid-infrared image excels at showing where the cold dust glows throughout these galaxies — and helps pinpoint where stars and star clusters are buried within the dust. Find these regions by looking for the pink dots along the spiral arms. Many of these areas are home to actively forming stars that are still encased in the gas and dust that feeds their growth. Other pink dots may be objects that lie well behind these galaxies, including extremely distant active supermassive black holes known as quasars.

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sylvia_ritter ("Sylvia Ritter") wrote:

Huzzah! ✨ A new tarot card artwork can be found on my Patreon page. I pre-released it yesterday. Many thanks to all supporters 💌 https://www.patreon.com/c/sylviaritter. The Knight of Coins, featured in this post, has already seen this new addition to the family 🙂 #art #mastoart #fediart

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• It shows a hard-working but slow-moving turtle that works all day. It has a whole medieval town on its shell. Wearing a helmet and armor on its feet. You can rely on this strong-willed, trustworthy, and ambitious knight. Though, not familiar with leisure time or fun. Very disciplined. Keeping routines to be a true perfectionist. Surrounded by plants and colorful cobblestones. This is the 48th card of my deck in development https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Knight-of-Coins-954564602.

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redoak@social.coop ("🧟 Night of the Living Red Oak") wrote:

I will try not to say anything else about uspol today, but here's a little reminder that politics describes not just voting or partisanship, but the interlocking systems through which power is exercised, by whom, and to what ends. Voting is one of those systems, and so is partisanship, but so are soup kitchens, and needle exchanges, and zoning hearings, and commerce, and on and on. Voting is entry-level political engagement. if you're fired up about the state of things, look for your next step.

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heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

“How to Triumph Like a Girl”

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• How to Triumph Like a Girl Ada Limón 1976 - I like the lady horses best, how they make it all look easy, like running 40 miles per hour is as fun as taking a nap, or grass. I like their lady horse swagger, after winning. Ears up, girls, ears up! But mainly, let's be honest, I like that they're ladies. As if this big dangerous animal is also a part of me, that somewhere inside the delicate skin of my body, there pumps an 8-pound female horse heart, giant with power, heavy with blood. Don't you want to believe it? Don't you want to lift my shirt and see the huge beating genius machine that thinks, no, it knows, it's going to come in first.

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joshsternberg.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Josh Sternberg") wrote:

"Ironically, this might partly be why the public doesn’t trust us: We admit our mistakes, rather than doubling down and pretending to omniscience — as the Trumps and Musks of the world do."

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | What legacy media go...

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

CNN reporting “non-credible” bomb threats to voting places in the US State of Georgia. these people need to be in prison for a long time.

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baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“The End Of Independent Publishing And Giant Freakin Robot | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT”

https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/independent-ends.html

You basically can't count on any of the traffic coming from Google or Facebook and most media companies, even one that are frugally run, have a hard time surviving on what's left

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mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

Susan B Anthony was a bad person. She didn't fight for "women's right to vote " She fought for "*White* women's right to vote." It would be one thing if she just didn't focus on Black folks' right to vote, but she actively worked against it. As hard as she fought for White women to get to vote, she actively campaigned against the Black vote and constructed a coalition of racists to keep Black feminists out, and hold Black voters back.

She was a white supremacist. White supremacists are bad

1/N

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller") wrote:

Just a quick reminder that if you happen to see abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust by government, business, and other institutions today, there's a newsroom for that. https://www.propublica.org/article/election-day-2024-propublica-reporters

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Naureckas@mastodon.world ("Jim Naureckas") wrote:

Tucker Carlson has always been great at selling himself, becoming whatever flavor of right winger he thought was most marketable. The fact that he thinks demonology is what's selling these days is truly troubling.

https://boingboing.net/2024/11/04/tucker-carlson-claims-abortions-cause-hurricanes-in-bizarre-steve-bannon-interview.html

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“What To Do If You’re Stuck In A Line At Your Polling Place On Election Day

The big neon sign is: If you are in line when polls close, you must be allowed to vote, so don’t get out of line no matter what anybody around you tells you.”

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

I like being able to give it a time & place in history and still get a reasonable story idea out. so far, my “seekrit sauce” (aka “system prompt”) seems to be reasonably good at producing (child-) Safe, Effective (at helping adult caretakers of children), and Trustworthy (no sex, violence, etc, & respecting your privacy) story & play ideas as outputs.

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• an example request/response cycle (remote)

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Lana@beige.party ("𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not Taylor Swift"") wrote:

Sing us a song you're the pianoman
A hybrid of ivory and meat
You're an unholy instru-humonculus
Born with 88 teeth and 3 feet

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sam@social.coop ("Sam Whited") wrote:

Workers at Boeing have got a contract and called an end to the strike!

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/05/boeing-workers-end-strike-walkout-seattle-portland-california

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Stabbing the beast with my little ballot.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/11/05/i-did-the-thing/

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• "I voted" sticker (remote)

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wim_v12e@octodon.social ("Wim 🅾") wrote:

My new positive climate fiction story is called "Running AMOC".

It's about the impending collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, AMOC for short, which keeps Northern Europe warm in winter and North-East America cool in summer.

This does not sound positive at all, but if we take action now, we could mitigate the worst effects. In my story, I imagined what it would take.

It tells about an international research project that managed to move public opinion and politicians into action. The protagonist is a female scientist of Indonesian descent. Most of the story is set in Scotland, in particular in Helensburgh.

I hope you will enjoy reading it.

#writing #fictionwriting #fiction #story #climateFiction #climateChange
#RunningAMOC

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anildash@me.dm ("Anil Dash") wrote:

Hey, friends: today we win. Today will protect each other, and the most vulnerable in our communities. Today we are going to stand up against fascism & violence and joyfully come together to care for those who need protection & support. We do this *no matter* how votes go today, no matter what disruptions or attacks come, so find peace in knowing what does not change, what they can never stop. Once you’ve voted, sign off, and don’t look or scroll if it causes you stress. Tomorrow we get to work.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Someone on here (not going to @ them as they know who they are) mentioned Sting's "The Soul Cages", which prompted me to check it out from my local library as I realized I actually don't have a copy and may not have listened to it since I was in college.

Anyway, I was listening to it, and this line from "All This Time" definitely hits harder now than it did then, and it's getting stuck in my head.

"What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having."

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz wrote:

Cornell’s Breakthrough Could Mean the End of Exploding Batteries https://scitechdaily.com/cornells-breakthrough-could-mean-the-end-of-exploding-batteries/