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Photography, books, nature, dogs, Wolverines, Blue dot in Bama, Michigander, law prof, Scouter, wife, & mom to 3.

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Theo of Golden is a lovely, lovely read.

22.12.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All pedos all the time.

24.07.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#reflections Copper Harbor

14.07.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#puremichigan #sunrisecoast #lighthouses #lakehuron

14.07.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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lol! They deserve each other.

11.07.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
I just got this figured out and I am doing  this quick with one graph for the age group 65-84, I will post basic statistics for all age groups below. But the graph shows a strong relationship between this factor score in effect measuring the religious right. 

for age 0, r = 0.79 b = 23.8 a = 567.22
for age 1-19, r = 0.73 b = 1.42 a = 31/84
for age 20-64 r = 0.85 b = 21.03  a = 448.3
for  age 65-84, the graph,  r = .90 b = 95.2 a = 2954
for age 85+ r = 0.33 b = 95.09 a = 15262.35
For those without statistical training the r = starting with the errors made in predicting dependent variable, here that is death rates, form the average. Calculate those absolute errors and add them up. The repeat the process using the regression equation, the a and b times X, here the factor score, and. calculating the errors in predicting the death rate. Then calculate the percent knowing. X reduced your errors in predicting Y. The a is the predicted Y when X = 0 and the b is the amount  Y changes when this factor score,  that is X in this case, is increased by one. 
 
Here is the data for the visually impaired and statistically addicted :
ST	 Score	CDR65-84
AL	 9.12         3693.3
AK	-1.92	2709.5
AZ	-2.12	2855.8
AR	8.5	        3778.6
CA	-2.7	        2469.3
CO	-2.62	2473.3
CT	-4.14	2397.6
DE	-3.2	2753.1
FL	-0.91	2662.7
GA	3.29	3256.2
HI	-2.84	2157.4
ID	-2.91	2768.3
IL	-1.67	2836.1
IN	0.45	3359.6
IA	-0.86	2984.9
KS	0.49	3162.6
KY	9.28	3822.3
LA	6.6	        3473.1
ME	-3.18	2844.7
MD	-2.25	2691.9
MA	-4.58	2442.3
MI	-0.52	3045.8
MN	-3.23	2539
MS	10.5	        3943.8
MO	3.82	3302.7
MT	-0.91	2742.3
NE	-1.66	2837.7
NV	-2.84	3155
NH	-4.98	2630.1
NJ	-3.99	2442.8
NM	0.56	2845.4
NY	-3.08	2408.9
NC	2.66	3134.7
ND	-2.34	2641
OH	0.33	3304
OK	8.3	3853.9
OR	-1.41	2834.7
PA	-2.34	2961.3
RI	-3.95	2590
SC	6.33	3225.4
SD	-0.84	2670.7
TN	6.92	3643.1
TX	0.61	3085.4
UT	-5.54	2633.6
VT	-4.31	2500
VA	7.09	2919.3
WA	-2.62	2643
WV	4.26	3911.3
WI	-2.41	2722.8
WY	-0.42	2936.9

I just got this figured out and I am doing this quick with one graph for the age group 65-84, I will post basic statistics for all age groups below. But the graph shows a strong relationship between this factor score in effect measuring the religious right. for age 0, r = 0.79 b = 23.8 a = 567.22 for age 1-19, r = 0.73 b = 1.42 a = 31/84 for age 20-64 r = 0.85 b = 21.03 a = 448.3 for age 65-84, the graph, r = .90 b = 95.2 a = 2954 for age 85+ r = 0.33 b = 95.09 a = 15262.35 For those without statistical training the r = starting with the errors made in predicting dependent variable, here that is death rates, form the average. Calculate those absolute errors and add them up. The repeat the process using the regression equation, the a and b times X, here the factor score, and. calculating the errors in predicting the death rate. Then calculate the percent knowing. X reduced your errors in predicting Y. The a is the predicted Y when X = 0 and the b is the amount Y changes when this factor score, that is X in this case, is increased by one. Here is the data for the visually impaired and statistically addicted : ST Score CDR65-84 AL 9.12 3693.3 AK -1.92 2709.5 AZ -2.12 2855.8 AR 8.5 3778.6 CA -2.7 2469.3 CO -2.62 2473.3 CT -4.14 2397.6 DE -3.2 2753.1 FL -0.91 2662.7 GA 3.29 3256.2 HI -2.84 2157.4 ID -2.91 2768.3 IL -1.67 2836.1 IN 0.45 3359.6 IA -0.86 2984.9 KS 0.49 3162.6 KY 9.28 3822.3 LA 6.6 3473.1 ME -3.18 2844.7 MD -2.25 2691.9 MA -4.58 2442.3 MI -0.52 3045.8 MN -3.23 2539 MS 10.5 3943.8 MO 3.82 3302.7 MT -0.91 2742.3 NE -1.66 2837.7 NV -2.84 3155 NH -4.98 2630.1 NJ -3.99 2442.8 NM 0.56 2845.4 NY -3.08 2408.9 NC 2.66 3134.7 ND -2.34 2641 OH 0.33 3304 OK 8.3 3853.9 OR -1.41 2834.7 PA -2.34 2961.3 RI -3.95 2590 SC 6.33 3225.4 SD -0.84 2670.7 TN 6.92 3643.1 TX 0.61 3085.4 UT -5.54 2633.6 VT -4.31 2500 VA 7.09 2919.3 WA -2.62 2643 WV 4.26 3911.3 WI -2.41 2722.8 WY -0.42 2936.9

I have finally found an affordable statistics package that includes factor analysis, JASP, so I can create a factor score summarizing the various measures of the right wing religious beliefs. Click ALT to see more. πŸ§ͺπŸ’‘β˜ οΈ #Sociology #Health #Population #Demography

11.07.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Missouri Governor Signs Bill Rolling Back Voter-Approved Minimum Wage and Sick Leave

freedom for republicans means the freedom to do whatever republicans want you to do. and if you decide otherwise, they’ll just nullify your choices www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...

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#IsleRoyale #pureMichigan

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#waterfalls #pureMichigan

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#pureMichigan

11.07.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#moonrise

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Michigan wildflowers

11.07.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A politician’s job is to make the political case to voters. And few do it better than Rep. McGovern.

03.07.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 14002    πŸ” 3659    πŸ’¬ 254    πŸ“Œ 114

Mike Johnson just said if you are for reducing the deficit, this bill is for you.

The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.

They just lie.

03.07.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 32901    πŸ” 8967    πŸ’¬ 1361    πŸ“Œ 414

The most sobering part about becoming 1930’s Germany is realizing that no one is going to come here and liberate those being brutalized. If this historically inhumane regime is going to be overthrown, We The American People are going to have to do it.

02.07.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 17531    πŸ” 4815    πŸ’¬ 891    πŸ“Œ 325

More than 16 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care because Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act.

02.07.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 27202    πŸ” 8557    πŸ’¬ 1092    πŸ“Œ 327
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This is Nick Begich (R-Alaska). If he votes for the bill,
37,000 of his constituents lose access to their healthcare.
27,000 of his constituents lose access to their food assistance.
578 energy jobs in his district will disappear.

02.07.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 16755    πŸ” 7487    πŸ’¬ 1210    πŸ“Œ 591
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Is anyone actually SURPRISED?! πŸ‘‡

Republicans. Are. Scum. 😎✨

01.07.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1146    πŸ” 516    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 18

Vote him out. Despicable.

18.06.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,460 3/6

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18.06.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Perfect

18.06.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same here

18.06.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unsurprising

18.06.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

historians is it good when the robe Nobles are able to buy the positions and honors typically reserved for the sword Nobles?

18.06.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6301    πŸ” 1593    πŸ’¬ 174    πŸ“Œ 66
Tennessee’s law expressly classifies on the basis of sex
and transgender status, so the Constitution and settled
precedent require the Court to subject it to intermediate
scrutiny. The majority contorts logic and precedent to say
otherwise, inexplicably declaring it must uphold Tennessee’s categorical ban on lifesaving medical treatment so
long as β€œβ€˜any reasonably conceivable state of facts’” might
justify it. Ante, at 21. Thus, the majority subjects a law
that plainly discriminates on the basis of sex to mere rational-basis review. By retreating from meaningful judicial
review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons
transgender children and their families to political whims.
In sadness, I dissent.

Tennessee’s law expressly classifies on the basis of sex and transgender status, so the Constitution and settled precedent require the Court to subject it to intermediate scrutiny. The majority contorts logic and precedent to say otherwise, inexplicably declaring it must uphold Tennessee’s categorical ban on lifesaving medical treatment so long as β€œβ€˜any reasonably conceivable state of facts’” might justify it. Ante, at 21. Thus, the majority subjects a law that plainly discriminates on the basis of sex to mere rational-basis review. By retreating from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims. In sadness, I dissent.

Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

18.06.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 8497    πŸ” 2779    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 107

Wow

18.06.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing like infighting in a time of national crisis. Sigh. Someone create a meaningful choice other than MAGA please!

18.06.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He wanted it to be his parade. One in which it was all by him.

15.06.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

wtf

15.06.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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