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throwaway243123··on A Broken Heart
Whoa backbone, ember, knockout, what throwbacks right there.
throwaway243123··on Kenyan court declares law banning seed sharing unconstitutional
How does that suing pass muster is any court of law?
throwaway243123··on Smartphones and being present
I've debated getting that phone heavily. My reasons not to:

1. it's gotta be bad for the eyes on a screen that small 2. the Pixel camera!

throwaway243123··on The guide to reduce screen time
Yeah but then after they're asleep, you're brain fried and doomscrolling anyway :')
throwaway243123··on A guide to reduce screen time
This looks so intriguing. How is it at keeping on top of stuff like email and text? Any lag with a bluetooth keyboard?
throwaway243123··on Ride into the Future with Waymo on Uber in Austin
Wow, I wonder if they'll make it up north any time soon!
throwaway243123··on Interview with Jeff Atwood, Co-Founder of Stack Overflow
> But as I said - they probably didn't hurt the Democrats much, so all of it won't matter in the near future.

This is probably what we disagree on. The raw Muslim vote was probably not enough to matter anywhere besides maybe MI (and Harris needed way more states to win). But the "allies" and depressed turnout caused by lowered enthusiasm esp in Gen-Z and below IMO could've swung more states than just MI. She might've still lost, but it would have been a lot closer.

Regardless, it's still the only lever the Gaza people had to pull, so they pulled it. It was that or pulling nothing at all, which they thought was a worse option.

throwaway243123··on Interview with Jeff Atwood, Co-Founder of Stack Overflow
This is pretty accurate and matches my understanding and what I've seen arab friends explain as their reasoning.
throwaway243123··on Interview with Jeff Atwood, Co-Founder of Stack Overflow
Yeah I don't have numbers, but anecdotally a decent chunk of Gen Z in my liberal leaning circles sat about because of Gaza. Like, the Muslims I expected, but the number of non-Muslim "allies" who sat out surprised me.
throwaway243123··on Interview with Jeff Atwood, Co-Founder of Stack Overflow
So anecdotal, but I think you have to consider the depressed turnout. From my circles, it's clear that plenty of Gen Z people (not just Muslims) either stayed home because of Gaza or (as in Dearborn, MI) voted Trump to protest Gaza. Gaza was a IMO a huge enthusiasm dampener for Harris.
throwaway243123··on 41% of Employers Worldwide Say They'll Reduce Staff by 2030 Due to AI
Is that Relativity?