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I'm going to add that for the full story, you should also watch Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness after WandaVision.

Saw the episode where Billy was in a car accident. Don't understand who Tommy . is that he's looking for. Says it's his brother but I didn't see he had one in car accident. Maybe I need to watch it again?

I could easily believe that people in florida register as republican regardless so they have a say in the primary but i don't know florida's primary situation

Ex Machina spoilers:
I like the movie but I never get what people mean by "twist ending". We are told she is an AI and she is an AI. Is the twist that you can't trust her? We were told that too.

Yeah, even if we can't be sure of the results, some Republicans at least are opposing Trump even if some of it is self preservation, and some trying to just be better in general.

Psych

I voted straight blue and against all the judges appointed by DeathSantis. Also in favor of legalization marijuana and abortion protections

Prob won't be too effective in FL but hey

Record numbers of Texans turned out Monday for the first day of early voting numbers that were particularly concentrated in several of the states blue-leaning urban and suburban counties.

With national attention drawn to the close race between incumbent Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and his challenger, Democratic Rep. Colin Allred, the first polls in the state opened early Monday.

About 125,000 turned out to vote in Harris County, home of Houston half again as many as turned out in the general election of 2016, the last year for which there are statistics from the Texas secretary of state.

Travis County, the home of Austin, broke records with 46,600 people showing up on the first day, which the county clerk said topped first-day voting in the last three elections.

Nearly 47,000 people voted in Bexar, the home of San Antonio, where some voters waited for more than two hours in line to vote.

Turnout was also up well over 2016 levels in more purple, suburban counties like the Houston suburbs of Fort Bend and the Dallas suburb of Collin County.

These rising numbers can be explained in part by the fact that there are a lot more Texans than there used to be a function of both the states high birthrate and migration from other states. Between 2016 and 2024, Texass population grew by 15 percent.
But it may also in part be a result of the steady increase in the number of registered voters in the state, which has risen faster than the population as a whole, as the Houston Chronicle reported.

Over that same period, the share of registered voters in Texas has increased by 22 percent 7 points more than the overall rise in population.
And the share of those registered voters who ultimately cast a ballot has increased as well: a steady march up from 58 percent in 2012 to 66 percent in 2020.

Who have those trends benefited? At first glance, Democrats. The rise in both the share of registrations and in turnout among registered voters has correlated with steadily tightening national and statewide elections in Texas, which can be seen in the shrinking margins of Republican victories in recent years.

Had a manager that even if they ordered fries he's throw a single onion ring in the bag making it look like a accident.

At BK it actually was part of our training to throw a few extra fries in the bottom of the bag to imply some spilled over. We called them bagglers. The idea was people would be pleasantly surprised to find a few more fries when they thought they ate all of them

Just ewwwww @ watching videos on your phone.

It just seems like a gimmick to me. Are there supposed to be any benefits other than a slightly shorter phone?

• Easier to handwrite notes on a larger screen (arguably its best feature I use the most often)
• Use multiple apps at once (like copying a code from one app and putting it in another, or read a text message without interrupting a book I'm reading or video I'm watching)
• Watch pictures and videos in a larger resolution
• Buttons in mobile games are more accessible
• You can fold it halfway horizontally to stand your phone up without any added accessories when laying it on a flat surface
• You can take selfies while seeing the preview in a much larger screen to catch more of the background
• Typing on the keyboard is a game changer without constantly hitting the wrong key as there is more space for your fingers on the unfolded screen
• I still get all the benefits of a regular phone while closed in addition to all the above features while open

I remember you posting pics. Have you grown your hair out any more or still rocking the buzz?

If possible post a pic of at least your hair please. Block out your face or just photo the hairline if you are uncomfortable showing your face. Obviously you dont have to post anything, I have just wanted to see how it looks for someone and not a commercial before and after which can be faked.

Driving back home today, I have to make a left turn into my complex. Line of traffic backs up from the stoplight. I get to my spot, and the dude that wouldnt have been able to clear the entrance signaled me to go ahead. Thats the move. Not blocking traffic, not impeding the flow.

• Dead people will "sleep" until the world ends, so ghosts cannot be a thing
• The world will end unexpectedly, no one will be able to predict it
• The "rapture" will first consist of all the dead's souls being lifted up to heaven from their graves (and not before, so no, your grandma isn't watching you from heaven)
• Once all the dead souls are raised to heaven, then the living will be raised before the Earth is fully destroyed
• Those left behind will be obliterated and cease to exist; there is no physical hell they will go to and they will not suffer for eternity
• "Hell" biblically speaking is simply not existing, while those who go to heaven will have eternal life in their new heavenly bodies
• After enough time has passed, a new Earth will be made and those in heaven will live in this new Earth

Yeah Im still wondering why they changed the title so often

Figured they settled on this one cause the song was so popular and thought it would draw people in more?

People who let others go ahead of them in lines at the grocery store if they have a lot less items.

Abortion is on the ballot in Florida. It's not the same situation.

While much of the mainstream media has recognized that the full 2020 set of states are currently competitive, what most still dont see is that Harriss candidacy has brought back into play not just the 2020 states but also the 2012 states. The levels of excitement and energy among voters of color now make nearly all of the states won by Obama newly winnable by Democrats.

This rapidly emerging reality is affirmed by the New Majority Index and the latest polling data. The Obama coalitionwhat I call in my books the New American Majorityconsists of the overwhelming majority of people of color aligning with a meaningful minority of white voters. The Democrats formula for victory involves combining the necessary proportions of support from the countrys respective racial groups.

Two dominant realities combine to illuminate the potential of Florida and North CarolinaHarriss current polling numbers among white voters and the lag in support from Black voters showing up in the polling data (that is, most polls are failing to capture the depth and breadth of Black voters support for Harris).

In Florida in 2012, Obama won the state with the support of just 37 percent of the states white voters. In North Carolina in 2008 (the year Obama won the state, before narrowly losing it in 2012), his white support was only 35 percent, according to the exit polls. The most recent polling data show Harris doing better among white voters than Obama did in Florida and North Carolina (39 percent in Florida and 37 percent in North Carolina, according to the latest polls).

In both states, despite increasing demographic diversity, white voters remain the largest sector of the electorate (59 percent of the eligible voters in Florida and 65 percent in North Carolina), so Harriss surpassing Obamas levels is extremely significant.

What makes the electoral map look particularly promising for Harris is the reality that polls are undercounting Harriss Black support. That is, there is a lag between what they currently show in terms of Black voter preferences and what her support is most likely to be.

This lag is most pronounced in the latest New York Times/Siena College poll which shows Harriss support among Black voters at just 75 percent. No Democratic nominee has ever received less than 83 percent of the Black vote, so its nonsensical to accept a number like 75 percent as accurate of what Harriss ultimate 2024 numbers will be. The qualitative and quantitative tea leaves all suggest that Harris will win more than 90 percent of the Black vote. According to Pew Researchs rigorous statistical analysis, the Biden/Harris 2020 ticket received 92 percent percent of the Black vote. In the prior historical analog, Obama received 93 percent of the Black vote nationally, winning 95 percent of Black voters support in Florida and North Carolina.

If Harriss support among Black voters continues to consolidate as it has over the past two months, then she stands a very strong chance of winning both states. In Florida, the critical constituency will be Latinos, and she needs to secure 60 percent of that communitys votes to prevail. The latest polls show just 50 percent of Latinos backing Harris, but that number is likely low and lagging, as the September Pew survey shows that, nationally, 57 percent of Latinos back Harris.

In North Carolina, YouGovs August poll shows Harris meeting the Obama threshold of white support, but the number for Black voters is clearly incorrect at 75 percent. If the 37 percent of white voters support holds, and the percentage of Black voters moves to the Obama level of 95 percent, then she will win that state. To be sure, in those statesand, indeed all states with large numbers of people of colora major challenge will be overcoming the widespread voter-suppression measures that have proliferated in recent years.

I gotta watch TAS at some point

Daily reminder that the original Harry Kim died and the one in most of the show is a freaking duplicate

* People that text you saying they have a concert ticket for you because they cannot make it.

• People who hold the door for you when entering an establishment (regardless of gender)
• People who tell you that you dropped something and give it back to you
• Alternatively, people who turn in something lost to an employee or official, or go to a local social media community page to say they've found it (I've not only gotten back a lost ring from this, but even a freakin' pet turtle that someone found wandering in the street)
• Strangers that will smile and wave/nod when you pass them on the sidewalk
• People's inclination to make room for emergency vehicles to get by on the road (I know it's the law, but some people go out of their way to give them room; I feel people would still do it even if it weren't the law)
• Free samples at local markets; 9/10 times the person giving them out are super pumped about giving you free stuff
• People who donate their things vs. throwing them away
• Restaurant owners that give away unsold food to food pantries/shelters
• People who volunteer their time at homeless shelters, pet shelters, nursing homes, etc
• People that clap at the end of a good movie or at the end of a flight

What bands or artists were on there?

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