Last night Biden questioned the reliability of the polls and he’s not wrong. They’re very weird this year, not necessarily in terms of the close race, which they almost all show, but in the cross tabs which keep featuring weird stuff that doesn’t make sense like Trump only being ahead in single digits among white people while garnering huge numbers among African Americans. I don’t know what the problem is but I’m finding myself very skeptical that we’re getting a real look at the state of the race from public polling. Anyway, yesterday the Washington Post/ABC Ipsos poll had Biden at 42% and Trump at 43%, essentially tied. Here’s another respected poll the NPR Marist poll today: With just days to go before the start of the Republican National Convention, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump continue to be closely matched among registered voters in both a head-to-head matchup and a multicandidate field. It too has weird cross tabs so I don’t know what to think.
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Keir Starmer is taking Black voters for granted. For decades, Black communities have been a dependable and durable support base for the Labour Party. This is no surprise. Before Labour capitulated to big business interests, it was seen as the party of and for the working classes. The party continues to enjoy strong support from […]
Pathogens are surging and new diseases are emerging.
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Monday, July 15
9:00 p.m.
The Banshees of the Bottomless Abyss wail the national anthem.
9:05 p.m.
Axuloth, Slayer of Mortals, lays out his plan to stop the Great Replacement.
9:20 p.m.
Arizona Senate candidate and election truther Kari Lake explains that Joe Biden couldn’t have won Wisconsin in 2020 because “Wisconsin” isn’t a real place.
9:40 p.m.
The Goblins of Mount Agony on why student loan forgiveness is unfair to goblins who have already paid their blood debts to their chieftains.
10:10 p.m.
Marjorie Taylor Greene uses phrenology to prove that Dr. Anthony Fauci is secretly Jewish.
10:30 p.m.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on how to end political corruption by legalizing it.
10:50 p.m.
Keynote speech by ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods entitled “Climate Change Will Kill Millions of Predominantly Low-Income People by 2050. But There Are Downsides Too.”
Doctor Who Showrunner Russell T. Davies and stars Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson are heading to SDCC for a Hall H panel on Friday, July 26th.
As concerns mount over Biden, the Democratic Party reminds us this isn’t a democracy.
With Yemen fortifying its defenses and Russia offering support, the U.S. faces a growing crisis in the Red Sea. Are Biden and Trump ignoring a looming war?
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Explained: How the media keep getting it so wrong
Well, Joe Biden does, but who cares what he says, right? President Joe Biden held an hour long press conference last night and answered a range of questions about his age, his competence, his stamina, his health and his future. He also delivered several incisive disquisitions on foreign policy that Donald Trump’s staff would have to use a very large coloring book and possibly a puppet show to explain to him. Not that that would work. He’d probably storm out of the meeting long before they got to the part about China and Russia, yelling something about love letters and being a boss. The media didn’t seem all that impressed, judging his performance to only be fair to middling and virtually ignoring the substance of what he had to say. He offered a serious overview of America and its relationship to its allies and adversaries and made some news about Israel, calling for the war to end. But everyone was more interested in Biden’s theatrical performance and how he answered questions about whether he plans to quit so any talk of his actual policies and worldview are apparently irrelevant.
Leave the city, go out to our summer residence in the Karlskrona archipelago, open the doors to the terrace, sink into the recliner with a cup of coffee, and just enjoy these wonderful tones flowing from my old Thorens record player…
“There’s a very good chance that they will fire me,” said Katherine Franke, a tenured professor who has defended students protesting for Gaza.
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Lauri Timmanee and myself presented a keynote on Drupal Starshot at Drupal Developer Days 2024 two weeks ago in Burgas, Bulgaria. We got requests from many people that more content on Starshot would be great, so we decided to open source our slide deck! The organizers just published the video recording as well, so while we did not put in speaker notes to these slides, you can get the details from the recording.
Feel free to make a copy of the slides and present this at your company, meetup, Drupal 11 launch party, and so on!
Check out the Drupal Starshot marketing page for further marketing resources, logos and backgrounds.
No wonder Trump worries everyone is laughing at us Today is Day 2 of Netroots Nation-Baltimore. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● For The Win, 5th Edition is ready for download. Request a copy of my free countywide GOTV planning guide at ForTheWin.us.
During a three-year recruitment of 20,000 officers, police were able to achieve gender parity – but when it came to black women, 'acute discrimination' was clear
I recently helped organize a housing and homelessness study tour of London (England). Here’s a ‘top 10’ overview of what we learned:https://nickfalvo.ca/affordable-housing-and-homelessness-in-london-england/
Fasten your seatbelts You need this. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● For The Win, 5th Edition is ready for download. Request a copy of my free countywide GOTV planning guide at ForTheWin.us.
Derrick Kanngiesser and Tim Willems This post describes a systematic way for central banks to employ past forecasts (and associated errors) with the aim of learning more about the structure and functioning of the economy, ultimately to enable a better setting of monetary policy going forward. Results suggest that the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC’s) inflation … Continue reading Forecast accuracy and efficiency at the Bank of England – and how forecast errors can be leveraged to do better
Doctor Who: I, TARDIS: Memories of an Impossible Blue Box is an important reminder that the TARDIS is the key to everything in the series.
I'm excited to announce the formation of the Drupal Starshot Advisory Council. When I announced Starshot's Leadership Team, I explained that we are innovating on the leadership model by adding a team of advisors. This council will provide strategic input and feedback to help ensure Drupal Starshot meets the needs of key stakeholders and end-users.
The Drupal Starshot initiative represents an ambitious effort to expand Drupal's reach and impact. To guide this effort, we've established a diverse Advisory Council that includes members of the Drupal Starshot project team, Drupal Association staff and Board of Directors, representatives from Drupal Certified Partners, Drupal Core Committers, and last but not least, individuals representing the target end-users for Drupal Starshot. This ensures a wide range of perspectives and expertise to inform the project's direction and decision-making.