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1.3% of michigan voters are Jewish and while i do think minority viewpoints should be amplified, "jewish dems against el-sayed" were not the critical voting bloc portrayed

Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 3h

The numbers do fluctuate a bit, but jewish voters are mostly concentrated in places dems win overwhelmingly. From a pure electoral calculus perspective (not the only perspective), a 15 point swing against dems from jewish voters is unlikely to matter

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The numbers do fluctuate a bit, but jewish voters are mostly concentrated in places dems win overwhelmingly. From a pure electoral calculus perspective (not the only perspective), a 15 point swing against dems from jewish voters is unlikely to matter

Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 3h

"This is the year jews might turn away from the democrats.." pieces appear every election cycle

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glad the law is crystal clear. she is criticizing a website operator for removing content that she herself says is "unlikely to be prohibited [lead massive prison term and life ruination]" the man just needs to have a talk with regulators, show them his possibly illegal porn collection

Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 2d

New labour manifesto item just dropped

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new porn laws in britain which are not well-defined and could basically ban everything

Electric Kool-Aid Bechdel Test @i-rohl.bsky.social · 2d

Not that it would make this better, but can anyone provide more context about what discussion she's engaged in and about the specific content of the past and proposed rules she's talking about? I am ... adrift. Like, what distinct rules for online and offline smut is she referring to?

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of course, firefox even has one built in (never tried it no idea if it is a good one)

Flakmagnet @flakmagnet.bsky.social · 2d

Every single teenager I know (and every adult) has a VPN because this government thinks the internet is under national control. Equal parts hilarious and stupid, but entirely a waste of legislation. As a bloke, give me the HPV shot too so I can snack as I please 😋

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stevens looks ridiculous which doesn't help her, but most UK politicians also look ridiculous because none of them are any good at "politics"

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 3d

In Britain, two MPs quit the Labour Party, were plastered across broadcast and print media telling people to vote Tory in a dubiously funded PR stunt campaign and were then rewarded for it with peerages by Boris Johnson. Nobody even blinked at this, it wasn’t an issue.

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Mike Gapes has also signed up

Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 3d

Haley Stevens has joined the Connecticut for Lieberman Party

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if the relevant election had gone the other way he wouldn't have posted that, though we can debate why, precisely

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 1w

I think this becomes quite understandable in the context of an international fascist movement that has swept much of the planet in a decade, with horrifying and very extreme consequences for the entire species

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lol that's the one that works well

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 2w

wait SpaceX is canceling the Falcon 9? what the fuck?? www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

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Space Force scrambles as Musk’s SpaceX retires its major rocket

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"We need a slave caste"

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 2w

Desperate stuff Home Secretary originally argued (very misleadingly) care workers shouldn't be allowed to settle because their wages were so low that they'd be a fiscal cost. Now she's arguing they shouldn't be allowed to settle because they'd get better paid jobs www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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