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I mostly post about running, computers, and politics. https://t.co/OUpl9sa9PQ
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@JoePostingg I think I get what you're going for, but how to gauge "responsive to public opinion"? Let people vote on a pile of maps? Do an up/down referendum on maps selected by [Selectors]? Public opinion polling on whether North Oakridge feels like they should be with East Oakridge?
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I think if you passed a law that instructed states to draw maps that are responsive to public opinion while considering compactness and COIs you could reign in egregious gerrymandering. States would still game it, but it would be marginal. That's a fine outcome.
Sean T at RCP@SeanTrende
First, you can't really ban gerrymandering, you can only cabin it. And that only works if you have precise, quantifiable measures with crisp cutoffs. No weighing, no multi-factor tests, etc. Just something like "no splitting counties or municipalities more than necessary." 1/
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@THEJaxEsq @JoePostingg @pop_tartlet printing this out and bringing it with me to show them just in case 🙏
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@bengrossbg I have a phobia about poison ivy, so I think being able to reliably identify it would be good for my mental health
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@pnwprincess23 Last time I was in Portland it would be like 40 degrees in the morning and 90 degrees by 3:00PM. Wild climate, never experienced anything else like it.
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@JoePostingg Assuming no wordplay on "goat" and we're just talking about the animals, green for sure.
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@Nathan4897 @bioleera it actually requires unanimous consent of the states which is much much harder
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@bioleera @JoePostingg Altering the Senate would require a constitutional amendment, which will sadly never happen.
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@JoePostingg The push for proportional party list has been surprising. No state will opt in to it though, unlike RCV, so it feels like something that has to happen at federal level.
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I won* a 5K at the zoo and I wore my medal around the zoo after while my kid looked at the animals. Felt like a gigachad.
*My age group
Tyler “Beaver Basher” O’Connor@BeaverBasher67
Running a 5k / half-marathon in the morning and proceeding to wear your racing medal out in public the rest of the day is top 3 loser behavior
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If you just want to ride rollercoasters a six flags season pass is ~$100.
A friend and I went once last year and it was cheaper to buy the season pass than for us to pay for tickets and parking a la carte.
The New Yorker@NewYorker
For the most devoted fans, Disney has engineered an ecosystem of financial entanglement that goes far deeper than park tickets or merchandise, which keeps the magic—and the debt—perpetually compounding. In 2023, Ashley, a freshman at Quinnipiac University, in Connecticut, had $15,000 in her bank account. Excited by her newfound freedom as a college student, she decided to start going on solo trips. Walt Disney World, in Orlando, Florida, seemed like an obvious choice. She went during her winter break. Then she returned, six times, in two years. Soon enough, her account balance had dwindled to just five dollars. Perhaps unsurprisingly, many adults who have accumulated Disney debt seem to be chasing a feeling from their childhoods. One woman, who has been to Disney World more than a hundred times, said that visiting the parks takes her back to a time when she had fewer worries: “It’s the nostalgic feeling of what brought you joy when you were little and you didn’t have the stressors of adult life.” Read more about the Disney adults putting themselves in debt for the pursuit of magic: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/_JqtFg
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@BusinessGamesAI @Bartaway I mean Putin's stated reasons for the war are nuts i.e. Zelensky is a Nazi, the Ukrainian government is genociding Russian speakers, "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainian" is facially absurd
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@JoePostingg @Bartaway It’s not a crazy thing to believe because it’s true, of course, and is well-documented.
What lies do you actually mean?
Micheál@Nameless_Weevil
@EUvsDisinfo Propaganda like from the well known Russian mouthpiece The New York Times which documented how some Ukranian military operations were run out of NATO bases in Germany? Be serious. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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I want to know more about the fairly large minority who don’t buy into any of it but do it anyway.
EUvsDisinfo@EUvsDisinfo
Among surveyed Russian POWs, nearly 77% believed at least one propaganda narrative. Claims like 'NATO is fighting Russia through Ukraine' were believed by up to 80% of surveyed soldiers. Propaganda shapes perception and manifests in action. That is why we must counter it.
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