@robertwiblin political parties don't put forward candidates. candidates put themselves forward and the primary voters decide.
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@Sander_vdLinden @RichardMCNgo misinfo has always been around but the “misinformation” that it’s trendy to study is just anything that disagrees w the mainstream media narrative of the moment
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Most philosophers of religion believe in god, and most philosophers of aesthetics believe beauty is objective.
The lesson: strong selection effects sometimes lead to experts in a field having worse opinions than average people.
Increasingly true for “misinformation experts”.
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@CartoonsHateHer sorry i didnt realize sex would lead to cheating bc im autistic
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@Noahpinion that's 40 years before the American trad lifestyle; it counts
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A lot of what Americans think of as other countries' ancient traditional food and clothing was actually invented in the 20th century. This type of dress, for example, was invented in China in the late 1910s:
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@young_opsimath @catehall the polls agree with number 2 so far
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@catehall Number 2 seems like gaslighting but not the others
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So I have talked about this before, there is a large slice of Americans who very strongly vote "Red" but are not socially conservative in any real sense.
Not sure we have a good word for this.
Nascar/Nashville/Bass Pro Conservatives.
Oli London@OliLondonTV
Viral ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl appears on stage at a Zach Bryan concert sending fans into a frenzy. A TikTok video of her taking the stage has surpassed over 7 million views.
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@edukaitedd it's only supposed to take 10 years to get there; you guys are behind schedule. hurry up!
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@Duderichy yeah, that's the transformation! 20 years ago you could get stuff done!
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> How am I supposed to not think this is the most transformational transportation project on the continent?
20 years and 0 miles of operational track
Hayden@the_transit_guy
California HSR will connect two metropolitan areas with a combined GDP equivalent to that of Australia in just 2 hours and 40 minutes. How am I supposed to not think this is the most transformational transportation project on the continent?
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@da24421 @ASFleischman they don't have to agree; they just have to not disagree strongly enough to decide not to enforce it
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@thebestestpie @ASFleischman Having 12 jurors unanimously agree with every law seems like way too high of a criteria
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It's insane to me that juries should ever hang. A properly instructed jury, having heard that several jurors have doubts, should acquit even if they do not share those doubts.
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