Thanks. I was up early. It’s probably a little too heady for the hour. It’s funnier after coffee.

It was meant as a joke. Score is another word for fuck.

Gross. The wealthy will fuck anything but consenting adults.

Unfortunately, 15% is above the national average for congressional primaries. That’s all we need to change to change the Democratic Party. All the funding in the world won’t matter if we all take it upon ourselves to research the candidates on the ballot and show up at the polls.

For a point of reference, Mamdani broke the record for NYC Mayoral Democratic Primary turnout with just 30%, up from 21% last election. We just need to outnumber the retirees.

I’m referring specifically to the congressional primaries. That’s where we replace the centrist Democrats with progressives who will move the Overton Window back towards the left.

Looks like you had 15.1% statewide in 2024

A lack of challengers is exceedingly rare. I was just discussing Fetterman’s election in another thread, where someone was saying he was better than Dr. Oz, but both options sucked. He also had three challengers in a primary that only saw 8.5% attendance.

https://www.cnn.com/election/2022/results/pennsylvania/democratic-primaries/senate

The Overton Window shift in the US is mostly due to persistent low primary attendance.

Congressional primaries have seen <15% attendance for the last 40 years. Retirees never miss a vote, and have very different needs than the working class. They’re the ones who have been packing our ballots with centrists and conservatives.

We should be voting twice every two years, not once every four, for federal elections alone. Sign up for mailers if you forget. Research the candidates on the ballot, rather than relying on advertising to coerce you into doing your civic duty.

I found this on their website: https://www.us.mensa.org/shop/benefits-and-services/

Sigma balls 🫳🗯️

I’ve seen both. Making science accessible is always a good thing. He also has moments where he’ll aggressively debate someone over the Amazon river basin or ancient civilizations when it’s apparent he’s out of his element.

In fairness, he actually knows a lot about astrophysics. The problem is that he likes to pontificate on all things science as if he’s degreed in every field.

Nice! I’ll check it out!

Legitimate question here. What’s stopping researchers from creating their own federated publishing system for academic journals?

It’s for this reason I am certain that the most intelligent people are not members of Mensa.

Let it be someone else’s carpet. Or in this case, driveway.

https://youtu.be/Ce_uT1TXYr0

Skip to 3:10 for the action.

They’re referring to the relationship between surface area and combustion. Talc, for example, melts but does not burn. Talc powder can ignite if blown over an open flame.

They know to ascend slowly to avoid it, but it can absolutely happen.

https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/how-do-marine-mammals-avoid-getting-the-bends/

Mostly as a show of strength and territorial control. Nothing unexpected. It’s not as nuanced as their pheromone communication.

We’ll have more accurate clones of more recently extinct species. DNA just doesn’t last that long.

The precogs were FMM. They were named after famous crime fiction authors, Agatha (Christie), Dash (Dashiell Hammett), and Arthur (Conan Doyle).