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Hey we got a DFL majority in Minnesota last year and did exactly this and it was wildly popular so let's goooooo

08.11.2023 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

I agree, but I’ve had this feeling on other β€œoff year” or special election nights - I always want the whole coverage to be focused on that, but they seem to save that for midterms and presidential years

08.11.2023 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have never understood why they do this. Every election night warrants a full night following just that. When else do we learn so much so quickly?

08.11.2023 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On my way to watch election results with my neighbors which is to say: brace yourselves for me posting with a MIGHTY thirst about my boo Steve Korsnacki.

08.11.2023 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

... I miscounted the number of skeets I wanted to make. πŸ˜… Anyway, if you see this, thanks for listening, you're awesome, take courage and keep on fighting the good fight. (7/7)

31.10.2023 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | I No Longer Believe in a Jewish State (Published 2020) For decades I argued for separation between Israelis and Palestinians. Now, I can imagine a Jewish home in an equal state.

@jonlovett.bsky.social The other one is from 2020, in which he argues controversially but persuasively for a "one state solution" – an equal democracy where jews and arabs live side by side with equal rights. An end to apartheid. Take it or leave it, and regardless, thank you for what you do. (6/7)

31.10.2023 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | There Is a Jewish Hope for Palestinian Liberation. It Must Survive. Ethical resistance is the answer to grief and rage.

@jonlovett.bsky.social So I thought you might be open to reading a challenging perspective from somebody who, in my judgment as a huge fan of yours, has very similar values to yours. Beinart has published two must-read NYT op-eds. The most recent one is from this month, in response to Oct 7. (5/7)

31.10.2023 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@jonlovett.bsky.social I know I'm a nobody, and you don't owe it to me to read anything I suggest (or maybe you already have!), so please forgive me if this comes across as obnoxious haranguing. My thinking is only: I'm a huge fan of yours, and of Beinart's, for basically the same reasons. (4/7)

31.10.2023 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@jonlovett.bsky.social In your comments, I heard no urgency to fix the underlying problem: for decades, Palestinians have not been able to vote for, or have any democratic representation in, the government that de facto controls their lives (Israel's). I then wondered if you had read Beinart. (3/7)

31.10.2023 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@jonlovett.bsky.social I heard your passionate and honest thoughts about Israel/Palestine on PSA today. I'm not Jewish, and I don't work in politics. I have certainly not read as much about this topic as you have. But one person whose writings have been very persuasive to me is Peter Beinart. (2/7)

31.10.2023 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@jonlovett.bsky.social Hi Jon. I'm an ardent fan of yours, since Keepin' It 1600 – haven't missed a single ep of LOLI since 2017. I consider you to be one of my guiding lights in thinking critically, honestly, and empathetically about news & politics. Could I make a humble suggestion? (1/7)

31.10.2023 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | There Is a Jewish Hope for Palestinian Liberation. It Must Survive. Ethical resistance is the answer to grief and rage.

Peter Beinart's voice is a light in the darkness. Courage, empathy, critical thinking. Desperately needed.

"Only together"

16.10.2023 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Title text: "Running for office in Minnesota on the single-issue platform 'dig a permanent channel through the Traverse Gap because it will make this map more satisfying.'"

Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/2838#Transcript

08.10.2023 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That makes sense! And it really is nice that the place isn’t full of spam bots.

08.10.2023 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Post your bluesky name and bio in ai and see what it makes of it. stablediffusionweb.com

Honestly not bad. Some terrible terrible things are happening with that piano though. Also unclear whether one of those legs belongs to man or piano.

08.10.2023 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But realistically, I think the only way they’d be caught is when the effect fails to replicate.

06.10.2023 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Detecting computer-generated random responding in questionnaire-based data: A comparison of seven in... With the development of online data collection and instruments such as Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk), the appearance of malicious software that generates responses to surveys in order to earn mon...

There is some literature on distinguishing real human β€œrandom” noise from computer-generated random numbers, e.g. link.springer.com/article/10.3... . Also reminds me of techniques to catch financial fraud (e.g. Benford’s law en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford... )

06.10.2023 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello world, bonjour, olΓ‘, hola! :-) This place seems to have the best vibes of all the twitter replacements so far... I'm not a huge fan of the invite-only thing, though.

05.10.2023 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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