I wonder what this means for Texas’s redistricting? Surely they based it off of 24 data. Obviously they’d put in some wiggle room but surely they didn’t account for a double digit shift among such a key group. How fucking glorious would it be to see that backfire on them.

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@jon-nyc said in The 2028 GOP primary thread: @Doctor-Phibes said in The 2028 GOP primary thread: @Mik said in The 2028 GOP primary thread: So you agree Trump and Vance have charisma. I could point out that charisma obviously isn't necessarily a good thing. A trawl through the history books my post history can teach us that. You've met me, you know how how charismatic I am. Actually, come to think of it, you might not remember.

@AndyD said in Flight log: Re security and controllers... Does it make travelling potentially less safe? Do you feel less safe? I saw a bunch of people on Facebook blaming the UPS crash in Kentucky on the lack of controllers or Trump or something, which seemed a bit silly to me.

https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/1987120344809787607?s=46

@89th .. Your updated kitchen is modern, yet your choices will endure through what’s trending now for a long time. Good design decisions. I’m still a split sink person. I don’t know why .. maybe because I don’t use or wash many large pots? or cook much? Lol. No grate for me either .. I’m good with scratches. But I need that garburator. I’m a heavy gauge stainless girl too. In the most recent (2025) house build, I decided to heck with the tile backsplash and went full-on Vicostone (I sourced their hush-hush price list & chose an older thus cheaper neutral pattern for the island, counters and backsplash). I get so upfront stressed with interior designers & design decisions, then get easily bored afterwards with the color & pattern of tile. And I don’t want to spend $$ & time to upgrade. I also spent 3 decades worrying of sauce & grease stains on grout, so here, now, it’s full-on same-on backsplash & counters for me.

@Horace said in Trump-Warren horseshoe theory: No need for convoluted horseshoe theories. It’s been economic populism all along. As a young man I would have been aligned with it. Neither Trump nor Warren is a "young man."

Tesla is the right company to do it, because it needs high-powered IC, very different from the rest of the chip-making world's focus on low-powered, energy efficient chips.

Can we pause for a second and listen to what he said in that clip? Wish I had the transcript, what an odd rambling and nearly incoherent response.

https://x.com/richardhanania/status/1986952392169148704?s=46

It depends on who when you ask. https://x.com/jbhenchman/status/1986925973883748696?s=46

Stay the course. The additional subsidies should die. Of course the Trump tax cuts should have too.

Follow up: In my book, “The Baton and The Cross,” I explore how the Church shaped Putin’s Russia — and the part it has played in enabling the current bloodshed. I also demonstrate how, throughout its 1,000-year history, the Church has always sat at the right hand of power and done whatever it takes to ensure its survival, its influence and its own enrichment. The cases of opportunism and overreach today echo those from the past — and the story of Hilarion is no exception. Until the full-scale invasion, he was part of Kirill’s inner circle and had a stellar career. Born Grigory Alfeyev, he studied music before he left to become a monk and took the name Hilarion. He has composed choral works and written a slew of theological books. From 2009, he was Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and headed the Moscow Patriarchate’s version of the foreign ministry. He was also a member of the Holy Synod and rector of the theological studies center named after Saints Cyril and Methodius. Some saw him as the Patriarch’s successor. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/07/russian-orthodox-priests-dont-practice-what-they-preach-a91083

Nice!

@Klaus said in Sometimes you just know a nickname is going to stick: Who is it? America's Himmler - aka Steven Miller.

Waltz Op64 No2 is memorized. Still polishing of course. I'm seriously looking at Nocturne Op 9 No 1. I mean, it's the first Nocturne in the Henle Urtext. I already learned No 2 and had it memorized a few years ago. I will bring that one back under the hands at the same time I learn No 1. I chose No 1 because of my previous mention of it being the first piece in the book, but also familiarity and it's a beautiful piece of music. It seems more than a little intimidating. I am going to play the first few bars tomorrow at lesson. I'm not sure this is the Nocturne that my teacher has in mind for me. He just asked if I had a published book of the Nocturnes and I did not. So I ordered one. lol

The comments are interesting too. It's perhaps not apples to apples but it's a good development, nonetheless.