Chris
@cjthered.bsky.social
Political kibitzer, sometimes some law stuff. Boston by way of LA but born and always a Wolverine.
Six points, but down by one seventh (42/6, or ~14%).
Like, if his support went from 40% to 20%, you could accurately call that 20-point drop, OR a loss of half his support (50% of his support).
Percents of percentages are always tough to parse.
Like, if his support went from 40% to 20%, you could accurately call that 20-point drop, OR a loss of half his support (50% of his support).
Percents of percentages are always tough to parse.
December 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Six points, but down by one seventh (42/6, or ~14%).
Like, if his support went from 40% to 20%, you could accurately call that 20-point drop, OR a loss of half his support (50% of his support).
Percents of percentages are always tough to parse.
Like, if his support went from 40% to 20%, you could accurately call that 20-point drop, OR a loss of half his support (50% of his support).
Percents of percentages are always tough to parse.
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Wow, not just a disgusting (and embarrassing) decision, but nice work writing out the Canadian indigenous skywalkers who actually built the damn thing in the first place.
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Wow, not just a disgusting (and embarrassing) decision, but nice work writing out the Canadian indigenous skywalkers who actually built the damn thing in the first place.
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This confirmed something I've been saying for a while about what Great Replacement Theory gets wrong about immigrants in general: The 1st-gen immigrants represent an opportunity for the right, which is undone among 2nd-gen immigrants by the racism cooked into the right's anti-immigrant politics.
December 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This confirmed something I've been saying for a while about what Great Replacement Theory gets wrong about immigrants in general: The 1st-gen immigrants represent an opportunity for the right, which is undone among 2nd-gen immigrants by the racism cooked into the right's anti-immigrant politics.
My person of the year is just out of frame on the left-hand picture, with a cutting torch
December 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
My person of the year is just out of frame on the left-hand picture, with a cutting torch
Fun fact: the lyrics of the Marine Corps Hymn (“to the shores of Tripoli”) refers with pride to the use of the American military *against* state-sponsored piracy
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Fun fact: the lyrics of the Marine Corps Hymn (“to the shores of Tripoli”) refers with pride to the use of the American military *against* state-sponsored piracy