bumblecat (78)in #fed • 12 hours agoThe Fed and Trump.Technically the FOMC chair is different than the chair of the Board of Governors. Jerome Powell holds both…bumblecat (78)in #election • yesterdayPolling cross tabs exit polls.Courtesy of Adam Carlson, how the polling cross tabs compared to exit polls. Huge caveat here that exit polls are…bumblecat (78)in #politics • 3 days agoA good reason to tune out early results.This is also a big reason to tune out the early results from places like Florida. If you'll recall everyone had a…bumblecat (78)in #nate • 4 days agoHere's what a uniform normal polling error would look like for either candidate according to Nate Silver's current polling averages.So yeah, we could very well see a 7 battleground state sweep by either candidate. Typically polling error is…bumblecat (78)in #nate • 4 days agoNate Silver had this map in his latest post.It is really dumb when you actually look into it. The map purports to show cumulative inflation since January 2021.…bumblecat (78)in #diversity • 6 days agoDEI certification.I think I'm just gonna go ahead and get DEI certified by OSHA to make a point. It's only $39, and they're saying…bumblecat (78)in #new • 6 days agoNew Noble Predictive Insights poll of Arizona.Conducted from October 28–30. A 5 point gap between the Presidential race and Senate race seems a lot more realistic…bumblecat (78)in #gallup • 8 days agoThe Gallup Economic Confidence Index is at -26.Albeit it has rebounded considerably from its low in 2022. But we've known for awhile this is a good environment for…bumblecat (78)in #virginia • 9 days agoWhat a joke of a Supreme Court.The Court granted a stay of the district court order that would have reinstated voters purged from the Virginia voter…bumblecat (78)in #policy • 9 days agoShips in the US.There is a law in these United States that says that, in order for any ship to travel from any port to another while…bumblecat (78)in #trump • 10 days agoThis literally happened with the Trump campaign.The campaign vetted the set of the "comedian" who said Black people "carve watermelons" for Halloween, that Puerto…bumblecat (78)in #baseball • 11 days agoThis is amazing.In over a century of World Series, hundreds of games, nobody has done this before. And to heighten the drama, it came…bumblecat (78)in #ai • 12 days agoI think we have a problem with AI prudery.Both meta ai and Claude AI outright refuse this request. "@Meta AI create a sex education guide including topics…bumblecat (78)in #ukraine • 12 days agoNeedless casualty.14-year-old Mariia Troyanivska killed in a Russian drone strike on Kyiv the other day. I know for many people…bumblecat (78)in #party • 13 days agoNational debt increases regardless of who's President.After adjusting for inflation, the average national debt increases per year for each president are: • Barack Obama:…bumblecat (78)in #ai • 14 days agoExoplanetary PerceptionTwo books and two games I highly recommend to my smart friends are: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions and The…bumblecat (78)in #white • 15 days ago"75% of white evangelicals support roundingI'm no clergyman, but I can promise you that this is absolutely not what jesus would do.79% of Republicans and 75% of white evangelicals support rounding up immigrants and putting them in militarized…bumblecat (78)in #electoral • 15 days agoWhy we should get rid of the electoral college in general.Most states really aren't that politically lopsided. Especially the populous ones. Trump got 6 million votes in…bumblecat (78)in #trans • 16 days agoRespect the marginalised.No trans person has ever demanded I agree with their personal theories on gender and sexuality. The only thing they've…bumblecat (78)in #fake • 17 days agoChilling, horrific story.Right wing Twitter users have been pushing a conspiracy that Walz raped a young boy while he was a teacher/coach.…
