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Words in NYMag. Examining how we make passenger rail better (electric/modern) for NYU-Marron. Hook’em🤘. 🏳️‍🌈. Tips? [email protected]; Signal/WhatsApp. On Mastadon: journa.host/@ndhapple
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Making the gays do Broken Bells where’s my Peace Prize
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Lots of people tweeting that “a strong left” is what won in France. Which, maybe! But there was a ton of tactical voting (and candidate withdrawals) fueled by an overwhelming sentiment to block Le Pen. Macron’s numbers are awful, yet his party placed *second*, maybe the night’s biggest surprise.
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Place it in the publication! #LGM
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My unpopular opinion: Runoffs are better for democracy than rank-choice voting. Voters deserve to see proper contrasts and a proper campaign between the finalists.
The 2nd leading pollster projects a similar result—if anything a higher range for the Left coalition. This wld be a much stronger result than expected for the Macron bloc. If confirmed, key takeaway: Left & Macronist voters transferred onto each other much more than expected. Clear anti-RN front.
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Hating the Le Pens might be the sole unifer left in French politics.
French exit poll news and which seems a good sign
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Would like for someone to commission 3000 words about how film scores have just become flat, lifeless, melody-less fog horns over the last decade and how we can fix it
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Let me just take a giant swig of coffee and see how The New York Times is in the tank for Donald Trump today
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Many theories: Could be an outlier (runs contra to all the recent national polls); could be the physics of polarization, could be a bump as Democrats rally against a perceived onslaught by critics (running against the media works for all sides, for a time and to a point).
Biden trails Trump by just 2 points across key states, a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult shows, even as three in 10 Democrats say he should leave the race trib.al/GlWZVox
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Goldeneye was a better name
White House officials have confirmed that they believe a Russian satellite named Cosmos 2553 is designed to test components of an “anti-satellite capability,” which could cripple orbital technology, potentially by a nuclear detonation in space.
What would happen if Russia detonated a nuclear bomb in space?www.washingtonpost.com A mysterious satellite known as Cosmos 2553 has raised concerns that Russia is conducting tests that could lead to a nuclear weapon in space.
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I'M NOT HANNIBAL ELECTOR =>
Area presidential campaign feels compelled to answer dog-eating charges:
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Not as bad as the debate; but nowhere near the Biden average of say 2012 (not to mention 2004-ish, guess who spent summers at debate camp) on Meet The Press
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A pretty good example of how basically banning immigration backfires badly =>
Japan is trying to tackle a demographic crisis that could impact pension funding and health care as the workforce shrinks and demand from the aging population surges. The growth of the older population is also changing the consumer product market.
Diaper change: Japan’s aging society is transforming the baby care business. | CNN Businesscnn.it The world’s population is getting older in what the United Nations calls an “irreversible global trend,” driven by longer lives and smaller families.
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Neil Kinnock is just hanging out on the BBC's set and it's been a deeply fascinating back-and-forth
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Several skyscrapers ago, a lot of Revolutionary War history unfolded in these parts
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Me getting ready to bootleg the BBC's election night coverage
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The Fugitive is a perfect movie
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This feels like one of those things where once the slide sets in, it accelerates entirely in one direction. Which is to say, this could be the high-water mark for Biden.
CNN's new poll: Trump leads Biden 49/43. Trump leads Harris 47/45. Some differences: —Independents: Biden -10%. Harris +3%. —People of color: Biden +21. Harris +29. The side-by-side:
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The Long Lines Building shot on 35mm turquoise film. [OC] r/brutalism