🇹🇼🇺🇦🇮🇱Duck Dodgers
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Joined Apr 2022
I was curious about this. Apparently "basement dweller" has been kicking around for a few years for possible inclusion in the dictionary.
It seems hard to believe, but there once was a large corporation that doxxed nearly everyone who didn't pay them a monthly fee. And it was legal!
These drivers ed. contraptions were apparently a thing in the early 1950s. I've never seen one, but I'd like to think that the sound of manual transmissions grinding gears would have been extraordinary!
Nate Silver's model of the Presidential election now shows Harris with a slightly higher probability of winning than Trump.
It's 1960. Stereo music has been commercially available for two years. What's playing on the record player?
Aging in an Era of Fake News
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"We argue that cognitive declines alone cannot explain older adults’ engagement with fake news. Interventions in a post-truth world must also consider their shifting social goals and gaps in their digital literacy."
Job growth totals 114,000 in July, much less than expected, as unemployment rate rises to 4.3%
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Unemployment is rising.
I am shocked, shocked! that Maduro has stolen an election, again.
I guess they didn't have time to redo his talking points.
"In a press conference on Sunday evening, [RFK Jr.] reinforced that he is able to beat both former President Trump and Biden — despite Biden announcing hours earlier that he is exiting the race."
#Politics #RFKJr #Biden #Election2024 /nosanitize
Which Virginia plate self-identifies the most obnoxious drivers?
1. Sons of Confederate Veterans
2. Gadsden flag (Don't Tread on Me)
3. Robert E. Lee
4. National Rifle Association
If you go to the Wikipedia entry for Idiocracy, there's a link to the Extreme Court that takes you to the U.S. Supreme Court.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy
Ipsos poll showing how Biden and potential replacement candidates poll against Trump.
#Politics #Election2024 #Polls
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/
Reminder -- the number of justices on the US Supreme Court is set forth by statute, and amending the law to enlarge the number would require passage by *both* houses of Congress.
#Politics #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1
🇹🇼🇺🇦🇮🇱Duck Dodgers
My social media interests include humor, current affairs, politics (we live in interesting times), history, art, cinema, and technology.
Joined Apr 2022