Stefan Turkheimer

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Deciders defined, one or more of: "voted in only one of the past two presidential elections; are between ages 18 and 25; registered to vote since 2022; did not definitely plan to vote for either Biden or Trump this year; or switched their support between 2016 and 2020." This is dumb. (1/2)

In six swing states that Biden narrowly won in 2020, a little more than half of voters classified as likely to decide the presidential election say threats to democracy are extremely important to their vote for president, according to a poll.

Trump trusted more than Biden on democracy among key swing-state voterswapo.st A poll of swing-state voters shows that Americans rate threats to democracy as an important issue, but that the president has yet to convince them he is the one to defend it.

If anyone is actually curious it's because the Comstock Act is used in CSAM investigation and prosecution. @radleybalko.bsky.social

Why are lawmakers trying to repeal PARTS OF the Comstock Act instead of just repealing the whole horrible law? reason.com/2024/06/21/t...

The Stop Comstock Act doesn't go far enoughreason.com Upcoming legislation would repeal parts of the 1873 law that could be used to target abortion, but the Comstock Act's reach is much more broad than that.

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

The first rule of avoiding scam calls is to never answer unknown numbers, and even some known ones. Curious? Bored? Worried it’s an emergency? Wait the extra minute it takes for the call to go to voice mail, then decide if it’s legitimate.

Sick of scams? Stop answering your phone.www.washingtonpost.com Phone scams are still hugely popular — and they depend entirely on people curious enough to answer.

Opinion | The dirty little secret pollsters need to own up towww.washingtonpost.com Polls don't work anymore. Here's why.

Sad days for knock and drag.

This Nate Cohn article on Trump’s over-performance among less frequent voters is worth your time, and has at least two important implications folks should be considering that the article doesn’t directly address, one substantive and one methodological www.nytimes.com/2024/06/15/u...

If Everyone Voted, Would Biden Benefit? Not Anymore.www.nytimes.com Inside the unusual dynamic shaping the 2024 campaign.

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Hey, DFW people: this sweet dog needs a short-term foster before he can go to another home in July. He needs a place (and some love) for a month.

U (and your mother) 2

make a band less mild Cathedral Roan

This is a lovely piece on finding community on the court.

“On the court, it doesn’t matter what race or class or age you are,” writes Thomas Lake. | Essay

These are dark times in a divided nation. Pickup basketball is a ray of hope | CNNwww.cnn.com At a time when Americans are divided by race and class and age, pickup basketball cuts across those lines. On the court, it doesn’t matter what you look like or what you do for a living, and the same ...

My man's gonna die in a stapler.

This might be a good take if the Lanham Act or, more generally, Copyright Law, and even more generally, the common law right to publicity didn't exist. But they do!

Remember when everyone was absolutely certain about the thing that totally happened and exemplified everything wrong with "AI culture" that ended up being...not what happened? www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

OpenAI didn’t copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice for ChatGPT, records showwww.washingtonpost.com A different actress was hired to voice OpenAI’s “Sky” months before CEO Sam Altman contacted Scarlett Johansson, according to documents and the actress’s agent.

Guys, we really need to pass Congressional legislation. We have a good bill, it just needs support. It's called No AI Fraud, check it out! www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c....

cannot stress enough how much SAG and WGA were right about AI in the recent strike, and how much everything the studios said was just bullshit.

www.congress.gov

LATAM early morning flight from Medellin to Bogata is a whole vibe. Business people plus people who just came from the club. The people who were rowdy at the beginning are now asleep, and the people who were downing coffee at the gate with closed lids are now talking up everyone in earshot.

Y'all. The platforms are a mess.

The pursuit of online fame is reshaping childhood, especially for girls, as parents commodify their children’s images on Instagram, drawing men who openly admit on other platforms to being pedophiles. Read our investigation: nyti.ms/48w0tQC

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Oh, one more thing. This is yet another example of WHY LOCAL REPORTING MATTERS AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT MAKES WHEN NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR STAFF HAVE THE TIME TO TRACK BILLS AND CALL OUTSIDE PEOPLE FOR COMMENTARY ON TECHNICAL ISSUES. Please subscribe to your local newspaper.

You might have zero interest in the Czech new wave, maybe you don't even own a TV - maybe that's your whole thing. Read this anyway, the writing here is lovely and these films might inspire you to buy a TV anyway.

Vulture let me write about some of my favorite Czech New Wave (and later Czech) movies www.vulture.com/article/best...

Essential Czech Movies From the New Wave and Beyondwww.vulture.com Czech cinema is often politically challenging — and (very) darkly funny.

Atlanta winning a Superbowl they aren't even in.

Can't believe a cage fought that guy.

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