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I'm curious, what makes folks here choose NZ over Australia? Aside from the language thing, there doesn't seem to be much to suggest one over the other -- NZ has a cooler climate but it also seems to be pretty different qualitatively from the UK.

This may not really be meaningful, but I've been watching Taskmaster recently and I've been struck by the sheer number of people from the Antipodes on there; it seems like the U.K. entertainment industry might be a draw in the same way that ambitious Canadians (and people from everywhere else ofc) go to Hollywood.

Oh man this is amazing, I've also been watching Taskmaster recently and one of my first thoughts upon entering this thread (precisely inspired by that) was that every Kiwi media celebrity seems to have worked in the UK at some point.

Perpetua and Deepstate's maps have the Russians fighting within Liptsy's boundaries. The battle for the town has started. Back in 2022 when the town was under Russian control it was was one of the staging areas for artillery shelling of Kharkiv City and it's outskirts:

https://map.ukrdailyupdate.com/?lat=50.211132&lng=36.431351&z=13&d=19860&c=1&l=0

https://deepstatemap.live/en#13/50.2163/36.4430

[US halts funding to controversial virus-hunting group: what researchers think]

US halts funding to controversial virus-hunting group: what researchers think
Some scientists think the decision regarding EcoHealth Alliance is fair; others say it might negatively affect virus surveillance.

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has suspended federal funding for EcoHealth Alliance, a New York City-based non-profit organization that came under scrutiny during the COVID-19 pandemic for collaborating with a virology laboratory in China that was accused of potentially leaking the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Researchers who spoke to Nature are divided in their reaction to the decision: some think that the HHS made the right call, given EcoHealth’s apparent failure to comply with the terms of a grant that it had received, undermining public trust; others say that the decision seems to be unfairly wrapped up in politics.

In a memo detailing the decision, Henrietta Brisbon, the HHS’s suspension and debarment official, argued that EcoHealth had not provided adequate oversight of research activities at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), in China. The WIV was a subrecipient of a federal grant awarded to EcoHealth by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), meaning that it was a partner given funds to carry out some of the research covered by the grant. The document also describes how EcoHealth repeatedly failed to provide information requested by the NIH pertaining to the research conducted.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01460-3

[most will still vote Biden]

I think the angriest will just stay home, vote third party or leave the presidential ballot blank. Ultimately, though, most will still vote Biden because they know Trump will be worse for Gaza and Muslim Americans.

I think the discontent runs deeper than you give it credit for. There’s still time for things to change, though.

Latinos and latinas
College Campusers will mostly likely vote for joe or neither.

For a federal charge, I don't see an obvious reason why such a plea deal would be illegal or unconstitutional, but I'm a little dubious that this could be done with state charges.  But in any case, (a) Trump would never accept the acknowledgement of guilt that a plea deal would require, and (b) the Biden administration would never offer such a deal because it would foster the narrative that the prosecutions were purely political.

Exactly this. What more, it would set a terrible precedent that one can be a just awful criminal before, after, and during one's term in office, and you'll get off with a slap on the wrist and restrictions on being back in office as your punishment. Not exactly good for the rule of law.

Russian telegram: "Today, the city of Kharkov is within reach of all types of artillery of the Russian Armed Forces."

https://t.me/condottieros/3626

Per 2020 exit polls:
College White Women: Biden-54, Trump-45 -> Biden+9
Latino men: Biden-59, Trump-36->Biden+23

Will be interesting to see which group votes further right this year.

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They did not think Trump’s EC advantage would be bigger. I can’t recall a single person thinking Biden would be likely to lose if he won by 4. Most had it staying the same or really believed that Biden had made disproportionate gains in the Rust Belt as an Old White Guy and it would contract.

This isn’t what I recall being the case, but perhaps we frequented different communities around that time.

I guess I need to ramp up my donations. Charleston county is slacking this time