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Andrew A. Gill@andrewagill.bsky.social |
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Andrew A. Gill
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Following a hockey puck in 480, interlaced, with the chrominance subchannel slightly muddled as from an over the air broadcast, sucked greatly.
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Andrew A. Gill
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My guess is that party leaders have held that secret ballot & have come to a decision, but Peter Welch was not part of that process because he's a first term senator who doesn't chair anything significant.
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Andrew A. Gill
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I'm saying the Republican Party will no longer be a competitive party because it's controlled by Trumpists who have an incentive to keep running Donnie over & over. It's also possible they form a new party on the right, but I'm guessing there's not enough room, & the party would form to the left
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Andrew A. Gill
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Good news is you'd probably see a party to the left of the Democrats form in the process.
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Andrew A. Gill
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I kinda suspect the same will happen if Democrats win but for different reasons. Specifically I suspect the GOP will go even harder for Donnie, splitting their party between Donnie & the far right, & making a lot of well-connected centrist Republicans without a party.
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Andrew A. Gill
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From context I'm guessing Young Thug's record label. The only other applicable YSL I know of is Yves Saint Laurent
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Andrew A. Gill
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I like the idea that no state may have a congressional district as populous as the least populous state (the Wyoming Rule). Another idea is the representatives should be the cube root of population. Either method gives you around 700 members.
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Andrew A. Gill
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I still think it's going to be Scott Perry
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Andrew A. Gill
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It's too real, Ben!
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Andrew A. Gill
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I've often wondered how the extinction rate today (which we barely know even with the things still alive) compares to MYA when so much of the record is lost or even hundreds of years ago when few people cared But as noted, that's not the point. Studies do show it's worse now.
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Andrew A. Gill
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OK phew I didn't want to say "Harris" & then find out you were one if those who believe it won't be Harris I do believe if Biden agrees to drop out, they'll want to have the running mate decided before any announcement, which would be why they would pretend it hasn't been decided in that scenario
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Andrew A. Gill
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It seems likely from what I've read that the decision has been made & either everyone involved is saying what they would if there were no replacement until they all agree on the replacement or there will be no replacement & it's hard to tell from the outside
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AkivaMCohen
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The idea that Biden needs to be perfect over the next four months is insane. Just absolutely fucking bonkers. He doesn't need to be perfect. This election is an "I don't need to be faster than the bear" situation. He needs to be better than Trump. The end.
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Andrew A. Gill
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I am deceased
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Andrew A. Gill
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This would allow an expert panel of judges with experience & broad respect in such cases to hear the case I kinda like this idea even more than our current system even if I could choose all 9 justices.
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Andrew A. Gill
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That concept was suboptimal for a few reasons but I think there's an interesting idea here. Imagine: -Jurisdiction strip SCOTUS -A new "circuit splits" court is created -All federal judges are on this court -In any case before it, the appellate courts determine who is on the panel
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Andrew A. Gill
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Here's how it was described to me: Congress strips all jurisdiction (apart from what's constitutionally mandated) from SCOTUS & creates a special court to intervene in cases where the circuit courts issue conflicting rulings.
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Andrew A. Gill
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Hey #LawSky, got a weird one for you: What about the idea of a Circuit Splits court? I heard someone talk about this & (wrongly) assumed it was a thing people were proposing but since IANAL I didn't realize it seems to be a novel idea. Details follow
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Andrew A. Gill
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I mean, it's not "revisionist history" as we normally mean it. That technology really did get cheaper over time. It's just that there's no reason to believe the same phenomenon applies to generative AI, & some good reasons to believe it doesn't.
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Andrew A. Gill
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I mean, I wish. The bubble's probably got another 18 months before it fully pops.
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Andrew A. Gill
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That, too. The article itself has quotes ftom his personal doctor saying Biden doesn't have Parkinsons or symptoms thereof. My understanding is that Parkinsons' hallmark symptoms are pretty easy to identify, & last I heard, Biden didn't have any of them which should be the end of the discussion.
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Andrew A. Gill
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Holy shiat if Biden's just now developing Parkinsons at the age of 81 but hasn't even developed any of the traditional symptoms he's gonna live to age 300. (My guess is it's for someone else, or it's a coincidence)
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Andrew A. Gill
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"So, no, boycotting an election doesn’t work. At all."
There's an argument that election boycotts can work in a system where there is no opposition party allowed but that's not the US at all despite the protests of people who say things like "rotating villain."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Andrew A. Gill
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One of the things that unfolded for me as I read it was that the interviewees seemed to mostly be those who were pro-Hitler before his rise to power, which made me want to seek out perspectives from other regions like Berlin. I suspect they would be similar but the differences would be enlightening.
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Michael Tae Sweeney
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bad luck for biden to run in an electoral cycle where "are you old" is the most important issue instead of in one of the cycles where email security procedures or accuracy of vietnam war medal citations was the most important issue in the country.
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Andrew A. Gill
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The only "sensible" (heavy use of sarcasm quotes here) strategy at that point is to just kill lots of people to make people afraid to go against you, & to do that you don't even need to attack an enemy, hence attacking one of the most populous cities in the world.
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Andrew A. Gill
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Exactly that. A nuclear attack on Ukraine would be unlikely to change much except draw the US into the war & attack Russia. Russia could attack military targets in the US, but there are a LOT of targets, & that's unlikely to do much except draw the US into the war.
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Andrew A. Gill
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The only argument left seems to be "Russia will use nukes" but I don't see any target where they might realistically use them. When I last looked the most sensible target would be a population center in a non-aligned nation like Delhi or Tokyo. Not a military target but designed for max death
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Andrew A. Gill
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Secret Service could easily set up a sting operation where this guy lives.
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Andrew A. Gill
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Andrew A. Gill
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Wait why are you talking about Bloomington now
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Andrew A. Gill
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"The GOP will avoid that topic like the plague" is not a metaphor either.
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Eric Blair
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For NYT/WaPo/NBC political reporters, it appears to them as “wow I wrote this story about Biden, and look at all the attention it’s getting, and the White House is responding!” Which doesn’t happen for Trump stories. Which is another way of saying that it’s about their power to act.
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Andrew A. Gill
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Slow going. Picked it back up after a few months because of family grief. I'm making about 20 pages per day.
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Andrew A. Gill
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Yes it's illogical but humans are not purely creatures of logic. This is an emotional response which feels right to some people & you can't logic your way out of an emotional state.
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Andrew A. Gill
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I mean, I can kinda see it. It's like the trolley problem. Doing something makes the problem worse. Doing nothing makes the problem even worse than that but at least you didn't make it happen.
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Andrew A. Gill
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Reminds me that Alexander the Great drank 13 liters of wine one day shortly before his death.
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Andrew A. Gill
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The argument is probably that the founders made this suicide pact, not John Roberts, so they are obliged to carry it out.
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Andrew A. Gill
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People keep telling me "Donnie is a distraction from the real threat: Project 2025, & the Heritage Foundation will keep trying" & I'm like yeah, sure but you *do* get that if Donnie wins, they won't need to keep trying because they'll have succeeded… …Right? *crickets* …Right?
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Katie Mack
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Keeping Trump out of the White House isn’t the only thing that needs doing and it isn’t enough to solve all problems facing the country & world but if it isn’t done then all those problems get exponentially worse in ways I don’t even know how to express and it scares me when people pretend otherwise
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Adam Serwer
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I do not regret analogizing these people to the men who took photos of themselves at lynchings www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...
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Andrew A. Gill
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Here's what I mean
Edwards v. Vannoy: The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 (same 6 from Donnie's case) that [unanimous jury convictions] did not apply retroactively to earlier cases prior to their verdict in Ramos.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards...
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Andrew A. Gill
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Oddly it's usually the conservatives who have a hard time understanding that
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Andrew A. Gill
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I read his reaction as "tf I know about what my friends want in the bedroom? I'm not having sex with them, not my business, & as sex is incredibly varied, I can't assume," & JK misreading & saying she's the damn Straight Male Sex Whisperer, I guess
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Andrew A. Gill
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A lot of the argument I've been making is that Clinton made it hard for candidates to rise to a level of prominence that would allow them to threaten a Clinton nomination, which meant people tended not to have things to like about them. OTOH, a large portion of Ds genuinely loved Clinton
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Lizard
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Schoolhouse Rock:"No more kings!"
The Supreme Court:"No, more kings!"
h/t to @jhfhockey.bsky.social for inspiring this.
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Andrew A. Gill
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In my experience, if you have coffee, they will demand to know how much sugar & milk you put in. If you say, "Here's the jar of instant coffee I used, no sugar no milk" they will put down, "Not fasting. Lies a lot."
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Andrew A. Gill
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Before you enter the "What if firearms" space, you absolutely need to enter the "What if regular gun range" space, the "what if safe storage" space among others, & I think if people thought more concretely about those spaces they might enter the other spaces instead.
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Andrew A. Gill
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Subscribers will go down, & I think they even know that on a conscious level I think it's a combination of compulsion & policies It's like me & mixed nuts. I will finish the nuts tonight. I just can't help it, & neither can they. So I have policies about where I put the tin & when I can eat them
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Kevin M. Kruse
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"President Biden, who seemed fully conscious and did not drool on himself, warned that an asteroid would wipe out all life in three days. Though he's been long dogged by questions about his physical and mental stamina, the president remained upright as he briefed the nation on the coming apocalypse"
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