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marsh: I completely understand, but it still frustrates me. Specifically, when people have an issue with something that doesn't really exist (like my migrant crime example). I probably should have asked on a different thread, because I'm still trying to wrap my head around real issues people actually agree to disagree on (or work to solve) versus ginned up fake stuff to score talking points.


FWIW, I don't think many people are thing about BLM, and Free Palestine went from a topic really only seen on college campuses to something I would term real due to all the destruction and actual death. Whether or not the Israeli response to Oct. 7 is justified or not really does cross party lines.

Yes, if you want to win and go on to represent them.

Quote from: evil_physics_witchcraft on July 24, 2024, 01:16:41 PM

Quote from: the_geneticist on July 24, 2024, 11:48:08 AM

Quote from: apl68 on July 24, 2024, 10:18:36 AMWhat data did they use?  Was it from something else studied in the course, or did they make stuff up?

Given that they all gave different wrong information, looks like they just made it up.

Wow! Did they flip the axes, or just do something totally off the wall?

Axes were fine.  They just drew some random bars & put numbers on the Y-axis that weren't even close to accurate.

Quote from: jimbogumbo on July 23, 2024, 10:25:09 AM

Quote from: marshwiggle on July 23, 2024, 05:02:43 AMThe extreme progressive stuff that the Democrats have assented to in order to please the activists do not sit well with lots of middle-of-the-road voters.

Really curious as to what you believe some of these are.

Someone else expressed it well.

Quote from: secundem_artem on July 23, 2024, 01:11:21 PMBut Marshie is right.  If the D's don't quiet down their SJW wing on trans rights, Free Palestine, BLM, and similar hot button social issues, they're going to have a problem. 

QuoteFor example, I don't think banning bump stocks or AR type weapons is an example, nor would I class single payer health care in that vein.

This illustrates my point; by ignoring the issues noted by secundem_artem and pretending the issues are only the ones listed above, the centrist voter who is worried about the first group is unfairly and inaccurately painted as a radical who objects to the latter group.

Note to parties: YOU DON'T GET TO TELL VOTERS WHAT ISSUES THEY HAVE TO PRIORITIZE. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ISSUES THEY PRIORITIZE.

Finishing up the intro incorporation today, then hopefully moving on to more book work. Followed by reading for a referee report.

Quote from: Parasaurolophus on July 24, 2024, 08:09:45 AMA little bit of incorporating yesterday's work into the intro today, though I won't have time for much.

Managed to incorporate ~600 words.

Good morning!

Got to QBABM today! And got to QBABM yesterday, final word unkink.

No luck on LB, though, again, despite a lot of trying.  Congrats on your solutions!

Happy solving!

Good morning!

QBwH for nudnik. All pangrams and genius today, but now stuck with two words to go.

LB: taxi-imperfectly.

Happy puzzling!

So I just looked up the Hamilton Center. This Fall they are teaching 17 courses. All of them either Interdisciplinary or IDS with Honors. Likely relatively small classes. From my experience in the Florida SUS system, courses like these don't generally count towards Gen Eds, as they haven't put through the mountain of paperwork required. And very few majors count them in terms of electives. So the number of students who will be taking these courses is a minuscule part of the overall student population- at least right now. I'll keep an eye out to see if they try to replace Gen Eds like sociology with some of these.
    Of course, the vast majority of UF students come in with almost all Gen Eds completed in High school- not sure how they will get around that fundamental issue.

Reports say that much of the world continues to see new heat records.  Here, we're having the most unseasonably cool, wet July week I believe we've ever seen in these parts.  Go figure.  We've had so much rain this morning that you'd almost think we had a tropical storm remnant passing through.  The rains have prevented an incipient drought, and the cooler temperatures are welcome.  It's not exactly what you'd call pleasant weather, though.