#Folks

I'm gonna put a stake in the ground, right here, with a prediction 75 days out from the election:The surprisingly large victory margin that Donald Trump will achieve on November
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so i had coffee with one of my bffs for life today who is a white dude in his 60s and is one of the most influential and connected people
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Imagine if there was a magical #COVID19 pill that reduced your chances of getting it by 85%! Would you take it? Well folks let me introduce you to the magical
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Gather around, y'all. It's quirky #NYR thread time. Take all #NYR draft picks ever, and sort them by the # of points they accrued in their entire NHL
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Wanna know why this country has such a complex history with weed? Much of it traces back to this guy. Harry J. Anslinger. What a piece of work this guy
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This is why user research is often seen as a threat. It’s easy for an executive to get their way by claiming it’s something the “users want” based on a
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The most stark divide in the Portland “left” right now is between the antifascists (mostly 2016 and older era folks) and the activists (mostly people radicalized this year). This isn’t
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"but if we don't have police how will we stay safe" the same way you do now, cos you are kept safe by the social contract of human community.cops don't
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When compiling a list of every state's vaccine plan, i found that in many states people with preexisting conditions are ONLY prioritized if they have 1 of 12 conditions @CDCgov
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The Arkansas state senate has a resolution for Black History Month and it's basically a D'Souza rant framed as a series of "WHEREAS" clauses.https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2021R%2FPublic%2
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The most impressive tech project of the year (other than the vaccine!) is today’s successful launch of Massachusetts’ #paidleave program.TLDR: Paid leave for any of these reasons https://www.mass.gov/get-to-know-pfml So, what
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WARNING: Unpopular #nbpoli thread ahead.I see plenty of folks being upset that the government is paying for apartments for those whose principal residence is outside Fredericton. Fair enough. But I
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CW COVID-19, medical ableismAs a mad person, who's been on the receiving end of a fair amount of shit from medical professionals, I'm getting concerned about the messages that are
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New paper: Foundations of a Fast, Data-Driven, Machine-Learned Simulatorhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2101.08944 with a fun BIG IDEA: instead of using ML to *mimic* slow detector sim, use ML on *real data* to learn the
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“”””let people live their lives!!””””1 in every 1,000 Americans dead from COVID. We can’t just slap on a mask and otherwise continue our normal routines. “””just living your life!!!””” only
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Boom.https://twitter.com/LisaDNews/status/1295710136103833600 Just take a trip through the Table of Contents on this 1,000 page Senate Intel Cmte report on the Trump Russia investigation. You can tell from the topics investigated
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