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Election Graphs mastodon (AP)
Poll added in NH:

Praecones w/3P
2024-07-19 to 2024-07-21
Harris 39.3%
Trump 40.2%
Kennedy 20.5%

New NH average:
Harris up by 2.1% (Weak Harris)
[Harris 47.4%, Trump 45.3%]

New odds with 103.8 days left:
Harris 62.4%, Trump 37.6%

New odds if the election was now:
Harris 58.8%, Trump 41.2%

More info:
https://electiongraphs.com/2024ec/polldata.php?Dem=Harris&Rep=Trump&State=NH&ts=1721879543

#USPolPolls
Dan Neuman hometown (AP)
@xerophile The fact that *anybody* would consider Kennedy shows the intense lack of media literacy.
Sarah Grisham mastodon (AP)
@dan613 ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ˜”

One more air defense system destroyed. The "Shadow" unit is using the "Shark" drone to guide HIMARS GMLRS strikes on the Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense system.

Tom Grzybow diaspora

  • Republican nepo baby hospitalizes elderly couple, no charges
  • TV personality father physically enabled the assault, still has his job
  • IT'S ALL ON TAPE (the victim's, not the venue's/PD's, which were magically not working ๐Ÿ˜’) but nothing has happened!!
    Mom and Dad's lawyer is in the bag too, if you ask me
    Hopefully this prosecutor will get voted out

Daughter of Elderly Couple Speaks Out as Raleigh Assault Investigation Stalls: 'None of This Sits Right With Me!'


Former Ohio State Representative Connie Pillich, the current Democratic contender for Hamilton County Prosecutor, issued a press release calling for an ethics investigation into Hamilton County Prosecutor Melissa Powers, a Republican.

โ€œLois and Doug Morrow were violently assaulted in broad daylight, and Prosecutor Melissa Powers has failed to bring charges against their assailant for nearly a month and counting," Pillich says in the release. โ€œThe alleged attacker has been identified in media reports as a grandson of [Simon] Leis, the former Republican prosecutor, judge, and sheriff with deep connections to the local Republican Party.โ€

https://www.citybeat.com/news/daughter-of-elderly-couple-speaks-out-as-raleigh-assault-investigation-stalls-none-of-this-sits-right-with-me-17860720?

Tom Grzybow diaspora
Maine is iffy - but they do have Rank Choice Voting, so I give them extra credit for that.
Richard diaspora
I'm referring to failed state in the sense that law, order, and justice are not upheld by the state government. Ohio is a borderline boat anchor state in my book.

Wah ActivityPub
Dear fedifrens,

The last few months have been.. weird. I've been struggling with some stuff, probably spending too much time in my own head, but I'm doing okay. I think that I'm starting to get my groove back, and hope to be able to resume my wahnimal posts in the near future. Until then, I hope you all have a more than decent time, whatever shenanigans you may be up to, you rascals! ๐Ÿคญ

๐Ÿ’™
Melissa BearTrix mastodon (AP)
Hugz sweetie ... Being in one head is annoying ... So happy you are getting your groove back ... ๐Ÿ’‹ ... Btw you never lost your groove from me ... Hugz

Hugz & xXx

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Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
Musk got what he wanted. He promised mucho money so Donald put the couch fucker on the ticket for him. After that ELoon didn't need anything else other than an open window for Trump.
๐Ÿ˜œ What sucker and a loser

Tom Casavant mastodon (AP)
Pain
#MLB #reds

Queen Of Coffee mastodon (AP)
I have zero pictures of our cat where she looks normal. She always looks a bit unhinged.
A tortishell cat on a gray recliner with huge eyes. No. There is no filter in use here. She really looks like that.
I have a tortie who also a little unhinged. I think it's just their nature. ๐Ÿ˜ธ

A preview of tomorrow's unique opening of the Paris Summer Olympic Games


The Olympic games begin Friday. For the first time in the modern era, the opening ceremony won't be in a stadium. The Games will kick off with a parade through Paris in boats along the river Seine.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=rJHE75lTqpw&si=wBd1IY6lgAXQXwKw
โ›”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตNorth Korea hackers aggressively trying to steal nuclear secrets, US, ROK, and UK warn (BBC News VIDEO) #Ukraine #SouthKorea #Japan #Press #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
#NoUSRepublicans2024
#Article7 #Article7HungaryNow #India

you knew this was coming

Ammo vending machines may soon arrive in Florida grocery stores


Heisler says there is significant interest from grocery stores in Florida wanting to install these machines.

"significant" in Florida almost has to be Publix... the alternative is Winn-Dixie, which is owned by Aldi

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/ammo-vending-machines-may-soon-arrive-florida-grocery-stores
Bob Lai diaspora
Yes. All that's missing is a school shooter who gets their ammo from a vending machine.
Adam Hunt diaspora
Do they take cash?

The family politics behind J.D. Vance's 'childless cat ladies' comment


NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jessica Winter of The New Yorker about J.D. Vance's politics, particularly his views around the importance of having children.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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a study in internalized misogyny... Kamala is a lot of things, but idiot is not on the list

'I'm worried about it': Panel of MAGA supporters panic over Kamala Harris campaign - Raw Story


After Jordan got them to admit they all voted against Hillary Clinton she asked, "When do you think America will have a female president?"

"When there is a competent one," one Trump fan replied with another, identified only as Mary adding, "I think she is an idiot."

"Mary, why do you think she is not that bright?" Jordan pressed.

"Because she hasn't done anything in the time that she has had," was the reply. "We don't know anything about her as far as her three years so far in the White House. She is not real smart, that is my opinion. I could be wrong."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fans-kamala/

backup: https://archive.ph/AFxdE
@eeepee good question. I saw a claim the other day that Fox recycles their guests, with the same person appearing as various different "categories" over multiple visits. Almost like the crisis actors the right wing loves to bleat about. ๐Ÿค”
Tom Grzybow diaspora
"I could be wrong.โ€ Well, at least this one is on the right track...

Steve Herman mastodon (AP)
House Republicans used their slim majority today to target VP Harris โ€” and six Democrats backed the effort. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/07/25/congress/house-condemns-harris-on-border-00171124
too bad it was trump and the gqp that torpedoed the BIPARTISAN Border Bill.

Utah gets the Winter Olympics again


Utah will host the 2034 winter Olympics, an honor it first had in 2002. The announcement came on the same day the state celebrates its founding by Mormon leader Brigham Young. There are critics and memories of a 2002 bribery scandal.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Whuffo diaspora
That's what got me to move to California. Olympics are very expensive and everyone gets in on raising prices to the sky to take advantage.

Today I learned mastodon (AP)
TIL Einstein rented an apartment in Bern on the second floor from 1903 to 1905, considered his โ€œcrucial yearsโ€ and it is now a restored museum. Despite working a 48 hour week at the Patent Office and juggling life with a new wife and baby, Einstein still managed to create paradigms in physics

https://www.aps.org/funding-recognition/historic-sites/einsteinhaus
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ecagbw/til_einstein_rented_an_apartment_in_bern_on_the/
Andy K mastodon (AP)
The rooms under his apartment is today a cafe.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=e4jZ5oIHpLc&si=lUJbdWUq9-QVs84z
#RemoveThomasBach #InvestigateThomasBach #BoycottTheParaOlympics
#InvestigateTheIOC #BoycottTheOlympics #BoycottTheParisGames
#487DeadUkrainianathletes
#TerroristsDontGetToPlay
โ›”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทIOC corrupt conduct allowing Russians to compete inspires Kremlin agent to target Olympics with terrorism (ABC News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Paris #France #Olympics Press #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar
#10yrInvasionofUkraine

Melissa BearTrix mastodon (AP)
Just had an unappointmented person show up ... I have feelings about this ... Yes I servers them, nicely

Hugz & xXx
'Unappointmented'.. ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ‘
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Mx. Luna Corbden mastodon (AP)
Iโ€™m so fucking done with cynicism.

Now is not the time!

animalsfarm mastodon (AP)
Abbie is on a diet, and she's starting to learn how to do the puppy dog eyes. One minute ago, she was rolling around on her back with a huge smile on her face, then instantly she's sitting there looking like she hasn't eaten in days...(this is the best picture I can get of her but I assure you she looks so much more starving-to-death)

#CatsOfMastodon
An orange, white and grey large cat sitting on a coffee table begging for food

Tytkoslovakia mastodon (AP)
Shouldn't it be enough to choose someone sensible?
chef ๐Ÿ˜Ž mastodon (AP)
And still far too many women vote for this shit. I will never understand that.

Fancy supporting having your own rights stripped away. Smart.
Deniz Opal reshared this.
@ruedi because if you are rich and white, you will still have them (they think), so it only hurts poor, and non whites and that cruelty is the point.
Deniz Opal reshared this.
@ruedi Those who vote for it imagine that the control wonโ€™t apply to them. They realise they were wrong as the train freight carriage doors slam shut on their way to a โ€˜final solutionโ€™.
Loungeiguana mastodon (AP)
@jaycee @ruedi I found this concept/discussion to be really helpful in this context fwiw https://issuepedia.org/Shirley_exception
Deniz Opal reshared this.
@Loungeiguana @ruedi I particularly like that itโ€™s called the Shirley principle!

Kevin C ๐ŸŽฌ mastodon (AP)
#AllStarTrek This is why I hate Q episodes. Riker could have:
- Saved the kid
- Stopped the Dominion War
- Stopped the Android massacre
- Stopped SOooo many #Borg shenanigans

Did you see David Bowman rejecting the power of the Star Child just because he "wasn't ready"? Gimme a break!
#StarTrekTNG #HideAndQ #StarTrek

Baldur Bjarnason mastodon (AP)
โ€œWhen ChatGPT summarises, it actually does nothing of the kind. โ€“ R&A IT Strategy & Architectureโ€

https://ea.rna.nl/2024/05/27/when-chatgpt-summarises-it-actually-does-nothing-of-the-kind/

> No really: ChatGPT doesnโ€™t summarise. When you ask ChatGPT to summarise this text, it instead shortens the text. And there is a fundamental difference between the two. To summarise, you need to understand what the paper is saying.

This is why LLMs frequently make subtle but devastating errors while summarising
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https://openai.com/index/gpt-4o-and-more-tools-to-chatgpt-free/ gpt-X is the model, chatgpt is just the application, you can select the one you use but on the free account one you just have gpt-3.5 and soon limited access to this on

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Edit2: pricing here https://openai.com/chatgpt/pricing/
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Kotaro calckey (AP)
ChatGPT does not have the ability to determine what is the point and what is not, nor does it have the creativity to "paraphrase" which is so important in summary work.

once again, Tennessee tells Texas to hold its beer

'Never heard anything so ridiculous': Lawmaker mocked over effort to impeach Kamala Harris


Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) introduced articles of impeachment against Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday, following a House GOP caucus meeting in which members frantically strategized over how to stop momentum for Harris' newly kicked-off presidential campaign.

The impeachment articles proclaim that Harris has committed high crimes and misdemeanors through "incompetence" in her role as "border czar" (a position she has never actually had) and then proceed to cite several anecdotes of women killed by unauthorized migrants, as well as the fact that over 50 million fentanyl pills were seized by DEA in 2022 (even though seizures indicate the law is being enforced, and even though most of it is seized during border crossings at checkpoints, often from U.S. citizens.)

Nowhere in the resolution does it list a purported act of misconduct or abuse of power by Harris โ€” something that was noticed by commenters on social media who roundly ridiculed the measure.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/never-heard-anything-so-ridiculous-lawmaker-mocked-over-effort-to-impeach-kamala-harris/ar-BB1qvl6l
Tom Grzybow diaspora
Mocking is not enough. We need something stronger. Extra-strength Ridicule?
Adam Hunt diaspora
Ogles is already a longstanding joke.

Rick Thoman mastodon (AP)
Fairbanks high temp through 5pm 83F (28.3C), the fifth day in a row with a high of 80F or higher.
TL๐Ÿ˜R: Late summer heatwaves are MUCH more frequent now than in the past.

Heatwaves this long this late in the summer used to be rare. In the 70 years 1930 & 1999 there were nine streaks of 4 days or more consecutive days 80F or above starting July 21 (one month post-Solstice) or later. Since 2000 there have been 8 such heatwaves, including 4 since 2018.
#ClimateChange #Alaska
@Climatologist49
Bar graph plotting the length of all occurrences of 4 days or more with a high temperature of 80F (26.7C) starting July 21 or later at Fairbanks, Alaska between 1930 and 2024.
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Mt Victoria Tunnel, Basin Reserve plans: NZTA spent seven times more on consultants than on its own staff https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523173/mt-victoria-tunnel-basin-reserve-plans-nzta-spent-seven-times-more-on-consultants-than-on-its-own-staff This is outrageous! Who are these consultants?

Apotropaet mastodon (AP)
California will do anything to fight homelessness except build housing

Anthony Dean mastodon (AP)
Elon Muskโ€™s transgender daughter, Vivian Wilson, speaks in first interview

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musk-transgender-daughter-vivian-wilson-interview-rcna163665

The story of the church that ordains you with a few clicks online


Over 60 years ago, the Universal Life Church made it possible for anyone to become a minister and ordain a wedding. Today, weddings officiated by family and friends have become a huge part of the way Americans get married.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Dorothea Lange mastodon (AP)
Untitled photo, possibly related to: Noontime chores: feeding chickens on tenant farm. Granville County, North Carolina

#GranvilleCounty #NorthCarolina

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017772574/
 The image is a black and white photograph capturing a moment on a farm. In the center, there is a woman wearing a white dress standing in front of a wooden house with chickens scattered around her feet. She appears to be tending to the flock, as suggested by the bowl she holds in her hands. To her left stands a young girl observing the scene, possibly learning from or helping the woman. The overall setting suggests a rural and agricultural lifestyle, with the focus on daily chores like feeding and caring for livestock.

Timothy Andrew mastodon (AP)
๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽค
The moon may be high
Maybe, millions of people go by
But I only have eyes for you
๐ŸŽถ

#50sMusicTaughtMe
#HashTagGames
#BillieHoliday

https://youtu.be/17ja1jXiEI4?si=Y4xUMM3b3y9T-TA9

i finally killed the _mysqld running!

what a daemon indeed. i kept manually killing it but that lasted 1 second.

now its all gone from the system
bash script commands for removing MySQL in various file directories on a MacOS

This week in science: Chimpanzee 'conversations,' deep ocean oxygen and rogue waves


NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about chimpanzee "conversations," oxygen from the bottom of the ocean and how a computer program may warn of rogue waves.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Tom Grzybow diaspora
Listening once again to Joni Mitchell's "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" on my new HiFi set-up, and enjoying it immensely (once again). The production values of this album are excellent. At first, some time ago, I was somewhat irritated by the pervasive use of chorus and mild phase-shifting throughout the album, but the more I play it, I see that this is absolutely integral to the album itself. Some time ago I saw the clue to this, or understood it, when I appreciated the view of Joni floating in a pool in the photo included with the album.

So I'm beginning to understand this masterpiece, even though I have long loved it...

The "framing" theme, as I see it, is the passage of time, as encapsulated in the present and in memory. This is why the entire album has a sense of "floating" in water, and the water gently flowing.... certain passages in the lyrics are matched by more directly water-like sounds.

Another major theme, again throughout the entire album is women's understated struggle against patriarchy, including some of the history, sociology, psychology and mythology surrounding this evolving struggle. There are a number of places in the album where this struggle is plainly stated and acted-out, but the entire album is devoted to this, all encased in fine poetry.

Another major theme is morality in general. There are many criticisms aimed at the Church, and the Bible,etc. Much of this is also related to the struggle against patriarchy. But then, thinking again, there is something even deeper going on: "Black and Light", "Death and Birth" "Darkness" - these themes appear again and again, paired with shimmering sound: our quandary and uncertainly are made into music.
Tom Grzybow diaspora
The lyrics are an amazing flowage of present and past, immediate fact and failing dreamsโ€ฆ

DEFCON 201 mastodon (AP)
BREAKING!

The Antifa Turtle on #Twitter shared a Twitter API okta leak that shows there is a list of "protected accounts", all of them right wing, who are allowed to break #X Terms Of Services without consequence and includes a list of whitelisted slurs they are allowed to use.

The whistle-blowing Twitter account was suspended by mods shortly after.

#elonmusk #freespeech #whistleblower #leak @UnicornRiot @freedomofpress @OffTheHook
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Chuck mastodon (AP)
I'm sure Laura Loomer will be demanding to be added to that list.
David Scott Moyer mastodon (AP)
DON'T USE TWITTER. YOU SUPPORT AND AMPLIFY THE RACISTS.

yep, they were planning on kicking her to the curb and she knew it

Al Sharpton describes call from Harris on Sunday โ€“ and how different this was from the last time they spoke


In Sharptonโ€™s telling, the vice president sounded perhaps almost taken aback by the events of the past day. โ€œI had no idea it was going to happen,โ€ Harris said, according to Sharpton, who spoke with CNN Monday.

But Harris was also emphatic and upbeat as she made clear to the civil rights activist about her new campaign for the presidency: Iโ€™m going to go all-in.

The tenor and contents of that conversation between Sharpton and Harris could not have been in starker contrast from their previous chat at the ESSENCE Festival of Culture earlier in the month. As President Joe Biden was hanging on for his political life, fielding growing calls from Democrats to drop out of the 2024 race, Harris had pleaded with Sharpton to stick with the president.

She was, Sharpton said, emphatically loyal, imploring the reverend to continue to have Bidenโ€™s back and not join the chorus demanding Biden ditch his campaign.

โ€œShe kept telling me โ€“ stay with Joe,โ€ Sharpton recalled.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/al-sharpton-describes-call-harris-165730949.html
Bob Lai diaspora
Don't fuck this up, Democrats.




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