Okay. So I've wanted to articulate this for a while, but never really knew how.
But I'm personally absolutely, completely disgusted with the Democratic Party — *my* party, in many ways — and not because of the party moving "too far left/right". Let me explain.🧵
NYC has a considerably lower crime rate than most large American cities. It's also a city of 8+ million where lots of crazy shit happens on a daily basis. I don't blame anyone for being concerned but it's sort of a test for whether you think in terms of narratives or base rates.
that’s why dating is so hard for a lot of ppl now. you were never meant to find the objectively hottest person in your phone. you were supposed to catch a vibe
I think those of us who follow elections really closely underestimate how much the early results influence the way people, including political professionals, perceive what an election “means.”
@ichthys30 This is wrong. Under NEW START the US only uploads 4 warheads per Trident. And there are only 14 SSBNs in US service. 4 were converted to conventionally armed SSGNs.
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I used to get bummed in math class when learning theorems: "All the low-hanging fruit has been solved before I was born! If I was alive at the time of Pythagoras I could've easily derived the Pythagorean theorem and etched my place in history!"
It should be a federal crime for a news agency to mention a bill being introduced without saying if it can go through reconciliation or if it requires 60 votes to pass