Screwworms are maggot-looking parasites and they affect humans by latching HARD onto your flesh with their sharp mouths and literally burrowing deep into your skin and body, eating your flesh as they go. You can literally feel them burrowing under your skin.
Raman is hitting her benchmark to overtake Pratt.
At this point, it is fair to say she is favored, though outstanding turnout remains uncertain and the race is still tracking toward a very close finish.
It takes longer because state leaders passed laws to send mail in ballots to every registered voter, allows them to be postmarked on the day of the election, allows 7 days for them to be returned and then 10 days to “cure” signature verification issues after that. That’s a policy choice. State leaders could choose to have different deadlines & the count would go faster. I’m not endorsing or opposing the policy…just explaining how it works.
How does signature verification work in L.A. County?
First, ballots are quickly scanned by a computer that matches the signature with signatures that are on file.
If the computer recognizes a signature, then the ballot moves on to be counted.
If it doesn’t, the ballot is then closely scrutinized by a human being who determines if it matches.
If they determine it doesn’t, that voter is contacted by the county and has 10 days to show up and “cure” their ballot.
If they don’t, the ballot isn’t counted.
I am so fucking sick of watching republicans scream about CA elections
You want to fucking know why CA takes so long to count ballots?
Let's take a state like Montana. Their total state population is 1.4 million while ours here in CA is 40 million
In Montana, about 300K people vote. In CA, about 24 million people vote
I know you ignorant, toothless, GOP motherfuckers barely passed basic math, but when you have tens of millions of votes, this takes longer to count
So shut your fucking Pie Holes & deal with it bitches
Donald Trump is not a fan of free and fair elections, but we already knew that.
California: We count every ballot. Thank you for your patience as we give democracy time to work.
@scallen2112@JamesRogers9827 The only people mad about “slow” vote counting are people that hate democracy. The general election is in NOVEMBER. It’s JUNE 4TH. It’s all gonna be okay, boomer.
@scallen2112@JamesRogers9827 You’re saying no one but the election commission understands the polls & vote counting. When one works the polls, they learn ALL ABOUT the reasons why CA’s vote count takes a long time. All you grumpy salty fucks do indeed hate democracy if you hate votes being counted fairly.
This is exactly why billionaires can’t exist. This man is burning the entire world down because he cannot accept his daughter for who she is. And he has the money to actually do it. No one can have that power.
The voter fraud in LA runs deep.
On Election Day I showed up to my polling district in Brooklyn ready to vote for Spencer Pratt as mayor of Los Angeles.
I was told “there is no election”, and the voting machines had been replaced with children’s classrooms.
@scallen2112@JamesRogers9827 Have you worked the polls in California? I have, for 25 YEARS. California ensure all Californians can vote freely and fairly. You just hate democracy I think. Work the polls this fall and you will change your mind :)
Nothing is more entertaining (exhausting) than people who don't live in California explaining California Politics - election issues to those of us who actually do. Please, tell me more about how bad things are from the comfort of another state's zip code.
OpenAI is in deep, deep trouble
They are low on capital relative to the massive cash they are burning and there is only so much capital in the world.
No rational person would sell their Bitcoin or Nvidia stock or whatever to buy OpenAI rather than Anthropic.
And nobody is going to acquire OpenAI for a trillion dollars.
Instead, my guess is that they get absorbed by Microsoft or Amazon, at something like 30 cents on the dollar.
There is a lot of misinformation floating around about California’s election — including from the President.
This explainer is worth a watch.
And yes, for the record: we wish the votes were counted faster, too.
Some of us lib slackers drop our ballot off at the ballot box the day of the election, which is our civil right & then they have to count them, Von SwollenHead
Mat Von Stupids only job is keeping his beard & playing the dense twink on X for pocket change
The SpaceX IPO will do plenty of damage but the AI bubble burst the moment companies realized what token-based spend was gonna cost. OAI and Anthr now rushing to IPO before too many more of those stories break