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dhork

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  • Armed Man Lunges at Democratic Ohio Governor Candidate Amy Acton at Fair

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  • He will be soon

  • Trump shares map that renames New Mexico as ‘New America’ | CNN Politics

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  • The America Files, apparently.

  • Musk’s xAI Fails to Block Minnesota’s AI ‘Nudification’ Law

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  • You got me excited there for a bit. But, alas, it was only a metaphor....

  • 'Plan B': There may be a workaround to Trump's mail-in voting restrictions

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  • Kinda sucks that the USPS is diminished either way. Even if we nip this creeping fascism in the bud, the price is forcing states to use these private couriers for ballots, further eroding the Postal Service's reason for existing.

    The USPS operates under a Universal Service Obligation to provide mail service to every addressing the US, no matter how remote, and regardless of whether the delivery is part of a profitable route. The irony is that if Republicans suceed in abolishing or privatizing it, Republican voters in rural areas will find themselves paying the true cost of delivery to their locations. Yet again, Republicans vote for politicians who actively work to undermine those voter's interests.

  • Trump posts map renaming New Mexico to 'New America'

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  • Why they changed it, I can't say.

  • Onlookers fear ‘something very wrong’ with Trump as he claims US ownership of the moon - Raw Story

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  • Just ask Natalie

  • Onlookers fear ‘something very wrong’ with Trump as he claims US ownership of the moon - Raw Story

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  • I don't think Trump recognizes the validity of any treaty

  • Microsoft announces Project Zenith, a clutter-free Windows experience meant to entice developers - Engadget

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  • You need 64 GB or RAM to use it? Seems like it's just a marketing gimmick to find dumb developers who can afford 64GB of RAM in the first place. Kind of like that "I am Rich" app....

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    Musk has started spending money to help Ken Paxton. Will it help change the course of the Texas Senate race?

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  • I think it's more about mobilizing voters. Yes, voters who are paying attention have chosen their side already, for the most part. Both parties are now going after the apathetic voters.

    Since we are talking about Texas, I found some data from Texas about voter turnout.

    First, for the non-Americans, not that the "Primary" elections are just to pick the candidates from each major party, and in many cases are not highly contested. So many Americans just skip those. They have 12 to 15% turnout of registered voters, but those elections maybe outright canceled in some districts if neither party has multiple candidates.

    For the purposes of this, also ignore elections in odd years. No Federal races are on these ballots.

    The even years labeled "Presidential" have over 60% turnout the last few years. But the even years labeled "Gubernatorial" correspond to mid-term elections like this one, because Texas elects their governor at the same time. And note how that turnout is < 50% most years.

    The goal of each party in the midterms is to try to motivate the 10%+ of their voters who only pay attention to the Predisential election to show up for this one, while at the same time try to discourage the voters from the other party from making the effort. Margins are so thin right now that even a Democrat can win in Texas if enough of their people show up.

  • Lutnick claims that data centers, known for water consumption, ‘don’t use water’

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  • All the new nVidia stuff is liquid cooled, full stop

    https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/nvidias-ai-chips-making-liquid-213103744.html

    NVidia understands this too, and are trying to convince all their customers to go closed-loop. We'll see if they pony up.

    https://marketwise.com/investing/nvidia-liquid-cooling-tech-ai-data-centers-energy/

    The blog that references: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/liquid-cooling-ai-factories/

    I am not anti-datacenter. Your phone apps need a back-end somewhere. But these datacenter companies are making gazillions of dollars. If they want to exist, we should force them to pay whatever it takes to have as little effect on the environment as possible, even if it means their profits are a few million off this month. They can afford it.

  • What Trump’s new study says about support for trans rights — and why experts are worried

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  • Donald Trump did not become President (twice!) by listening to anything experts had to say.

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    Nevada Axes Nearly 400,000 Voter Records from Active Rolls — Democrats’ 87,000-Voter Lead Collapses to Just 672

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  • No, the decrease in voter registration is real, there is an official press release about it, with substantively less snark than the linked piece.

  • Lutnick claims that data centers, known for water consumption, ‘don’t use water’

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  • My understanding is that all of the AI slop factories are liquid cooled, and that's where a lot of the major new investment is going. They are mainly using evaporative cooling, because it is cheaper. But, we could require them to spend the extra money (and power) to use closed-loop cooling, and then they would not use up nearly as much water.

    It's a solvable problem. All we need to do is force them to do it.

  • Democrats mobilize an ‘unprecedented’ defense to combat potential election disruption

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  • Turns out the "Tabletop exercise" was just Hillary Clinton playing Avalon Hill's "Diplomacy"....

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    Nevada Axes Nearly 400,000 Voter Records from Active Rolls — Democrats’ 87,000-Voter Lead Collapses to Just 672

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  • Panicked GOP insiders beg Trump family to realize 'they’re rich enough' already

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  • This might be a good time to remind you all that a significant part of this wealth has been accumulated in the past two years. In fact, when NYS was going after his companies, and those big financial judgements came in, it was assumed he didn't have that much liquid cash on hand, and would have to liquidate some of his properties to pay it off.

    But then not only did the judgement get reduced, and he got reelected, but he also found crypto. He stated his Trump coin only a few days before inauguration, and has made bank on it.

    All this wealth is due primarily to fleecing his supporters into buying his meme coin.

  • ‘We've told them he cannot come’: Republicans grapple with how to handle Trump on the trail

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  • That's funny, his wife tells him the same thing

  • Americans have grown more skeptical that a woman will be president in their lifetime

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  • Oh, I definitely blame Biden. He should have stuck to his one-term promise.

    We might differ on whether Harris was a "good" candidate, but I think we agree that we would have a better candidate (whether it turned out to be Harris or not) if that candidate was chosen as the result of a competitive primary.

  • Americans have grown more skeptical that a woman will be president in their lifetime

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  • I will argue with you there. She may not have been the best candidate, and might not have won the nomination if there was a primary in 2024, but if she had been elected she would have done the job competently.

    Sometimes, the perfect is the enemy of the good.

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    Iran live updates: Trump says Iran 'can be taken out in one night'

    abcnews.com /International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-casualties-reported-missile-strikes-israel/
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    U.S. has seized survivors after strike on suspected drug-carrying vessel in Caribbean, AP sources say

    www.pbs.org /newshour/politics/u-s-has-seized-survivors-after-strike-on-suspected-drug-carrying-vessel-in-caribbean-ap-sources-say
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    Republican adjourns hearing after blowup over McBride introduction

    thehill.com /homenews/lgbtq/5189571-republican-adjourns-hearing-after-blow-up-over-mcbride-introduction/
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    Biden challenges Trump to 2 debates but won’t participate in nonpartisan commission's debates

    apnews.com /article/2024-election-presidential-debates-biden-trump-6b1d1dbb2ed61c7637041b23662d7da8