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What if the media has the election all wrong?
  • Well, this article is silly clickbait.

    The reality is that Harris currently has 57% odds to win vs. Trump’s 42%. It’s a weighted coin flip, but still a coin flip nonetheless. Trump winning would not be a huge upset or invalidate polling methodology.

    https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-forecast/

  • Amazon's Stock Clearance: Upgrade Your TV with Amazing Fire TV Stick Discounts
  • I used to be into that, but Kodi started to become a pain after all the streamer quality got low, I had to pay for RealDebrid just to get a decent stream, I never quite got sports streaming to work with any of the apps, and the Firestick itself got ungodly slow over time.

    I have PCs hooked up to all my TVs, so if I can’t find something on my streamers I can just open up my browser and google a solution.

  • Lemmies of Lemmy do you believe in eugenics? why or why not?
  • Gattaca was taking a lot of license for the sake of the movie. A lot of diseases are multifactorial and while genes might play a role, they’re not the only factor and often not even the main factor. The movie ignored things like epigenetics, early life exposures, lifestyle, age, sex, and just plain variance that are all factors that can play into chronic diseases.

    That being said, allowing parents to make decisions based on genetic testing isn’t itself eugenics. Eugenics is a top-level idea revolving around the idea of improving the quality of human genetics as a whole. And that requires an institutional judgement of what are good quality genes and bad quality genes, which necessitates us saying some people are better quality than others and opens up the door to racism/homophobia/transphobia/ableism/etc. Eugenics is always bad, while personal medical decisions based on genetics can be reasonable.

  • The most important role
  • To be fair, the trailers show him becoming an ally and dealing with his daddy issues. I can’t imagine them doing much more with the character, so this might end up being a sendoff.

  • Trump calls for prosecution of Google over search results he says favor Harris
  • It’s because modern conservatives are less concerned about facts.

    Republicans claim climate change is a hoax; the reality is that climate change is already causing measurable damage around the planet.

    Republicans claim Haitian immigrants are eating dogs and cats; the reality is they aren’t.

    Republicans claim Democrats want to abort newborn infants. The reality is this is illegal everywhere.

    Republicans claim illegal immigration and crime area crisis. Reality is the numbers are actually trending down.

    Republicans claim supply side economics worse. Reality is that supply side economics does not work and Democratic presidents perform better on every economic measure.

    Republicans have recently claimed that schools are doing trans surgeries on kids without their parents’ permission and immigrants have a direct phone line to Kamala Harris in exchange for illegal votes. Reality is that those are too stupid to garner a serious response.

    So yeah, reality happens to have a liberal bias when conservatives are trying to out-stupid each other.

  • Alabama executes convicted murderer in second-ever nitrogen gas execution
  • The 65-year-old shook, pulled against restraints and gasped for breath for several minutes before dying, journalists who witnessed the execution said.

    More barbaric torture. The death penalty is an embarrassment and should be outlawed.

  • Are Election Polls Accurate Indicators or Poor Predictors?
  • Yeah, in 2016 and 2020 polls underestimated Trump voters. Pollsters know he has voters who aren’t reflected in polls, and they’re consciously trying to account for it.

    But I’m hopeful that this year it’s the opposite, that polls are underestimating Harris support. Young voters, or even women in conservative families who say they’re voting for Trump, but deep down want Harris to win.

  • Workday wellness check
  • Screw those employers. Whenever they send one of their employees in to me to get a note, I give them way more off than they’d normally take.

    You got a cold? The first 5 days suck the most and you’re most contagious during those days, so have 5 days off work. Oh, you only wanted today off and were considering going back tomorrow if you were feeling better? Sucks for your boss, I guess. My medical opinion is based on the disease, not your employee’s self-assessment.

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