Do you actually care about your friend's new baby, vacation abroad or similar life events or are you just being nice?
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    4d ago 100%

    I care about my friends. I care about the goals, concerns, trials, joys, and more. I listen and I dig deeper. If I don't care about they did, I questions that reveal how it made them feel.

    Now that's a lot of emotional labor, but for a select few confidants, I am more than happy to that work. It bonds us and makes each other feel seen and connected.

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    I'm Greganent?
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    What if I told you....
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    5d ago 100%

    From what I'm reading if may have some positive effect on voter share and possibly a negative effect on voter turnout. And that positive messages have have a positive effect on turnout. Isn't that the claim meme?

    And, historically, Democrats win with greater turnout. At least as far as I'm aware.

    Disclaimer: I've only spent 20 minutes on this. A properly measured response would take longer.

    References

    How Much Do Campaign Ads Matter?

    The researchers found that, in the 2000 election, allowing only positive ads would have increased overall voter turnout from 50.4 percent to 52.4 percent. Meanwhile, airing only negative ads would have decreased turnout to 48.8 percent. The gap between the all-positive and all-negative scenarios was about 10 million voters.

    “That’s pretty big,” Gordon says. “It does suggest that negative ads might have a detrimental effect” on election participation.

    The Effects of Negative Political Campaigns: A Meta-Analytic Reassessment

    This 2007 meta analysis is the most recent meta analysis I could find. It throws into question both claims, that negative ad have a positive effect on voter and negative effect on turnout. There's been a lot of studies since then, but this still gets cited.

    The conventional wisdom about negative political campaigning holds that it works, i.e., it has the consequences its practitioners intend. Many observers also fear that negative campaigning has unintended but detrimental effects on the political system itself. An earlier meta-analytic assessment of the relevant literature found no reliable evidence for these claims, but since then the research literature has more than doubled in size and has greatly improved in quality. We reexamine this literature and find that the major conclusions from the earlier meta-analysis still hold. All told, the research literature does not bear out the idea that negative campaigning is an effective means of winning votes, even though it tends to be more memorable and stimulate knowledge about the campaign. Nor is there any reliable evidence that negative campaigning depresses voter turnout, though it does slightly lower feelings of political efficacy, trust in government, and possibly overall public mood.

    Positive Spillovers from Negative Campaigning

    Negative advertising is frequent in electoral campaigns, despite its ambiguous effectiveness: Negativity may reduce voters' evaluation of the targeted politician but may have a backlash effect for the attacker. We study the effect of negative advertising in electoral races with more than two candidates with a large‐scale field experiment during an electoral campaign for mayor in Italy and a survey experiment in a fictitious mayoral campaign. In our field experiment, we find a strong, positive spillover effect on the third main candidate (neither the target nor the attacker). This effect is confirmed in our survey experiment, which creates a controlled environment with no ideological components or strategic voting. The negative ad has no impact on the targeted incumbent, has a sizable backlash effect on the attacker, and largely benefits the idle candidate. The attacker is perceived as less cooperative, less likely to lead a successful government, and more ideologically extreme.

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    Two things can be true at the same time
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    1w ago 100%

    I don't know why you're being down voted. The Financial Times laid out the same dire situation yesterday. The New York Times said it two days ago. The best she can do in the first term is play defense and home the ground game gets good. But it's a hard position to be in because people are looking to either winners change. Without legislation, I don't know how she can do that.

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  • The Vagus Nerve’s Crucial Role in Creating the Human Sense of Mind
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    2w ago 100%

    I'm trying to find studied that show it isn't statistically different from a placebo, but doesn't seem to be well studied. Can anyone share some well designed studies?

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  • How do/did You Get Your Friends into Selfhosting?
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    I wish I had a friend who could just be there while I tried to get it set up. Honestly, I'd peroxide pizza, beer, and video games just so I don't collapse in a mess of confusion and self doubt when something goes wrong. I don't mind doing the work, but I don't know if I have the patience to figure it all out.

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  • What is something you SHOULD cheap out on?
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    I'm not much of wine drinker myself, but I once did a chef menu with the wine pairing. Every two dishes, they'd bring out a new glass of wine. It was kind blowing how the would taste one way with the first dish and a completely different way with the second dish. I'm not sure I can tell the difference between a $12 bottle and $40 bottle, but in that one meal i understood two things: first, if you know what your doing, wine and food pairings can be magical and, second, I don't know what I'm doing.

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  • Kamala Harris takes 7-point lead over Donald Trump in new national poll
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    2mo ago 28%

    Many down ballot positions are unopposed where I live. Of course, I think you only are talking about national seats.

    The utility, then, is to note that safe seats operate similarly to unopposed seats especially when it comes to funding by national parties.

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  • Kamala Harris takes 7-point lead over Donald Trump in new national poll
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    2mo ago 17%

    There are 100 senators.
    66 are not on the ballot in 2024.
    Of the 34 remaining, 23 are safe and 2 are likely.
    That leaves 9 seats. 7 are leaning one way or the other.
    2 are toss ups, Ohio and Montana. Vote if live there. Probably even the leaning 7. But the rest...?

    As an aside, if all the leans break the way they are leaning, Dems have to hold the two toss ups to have a 50-50 Senate.

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  • what's a polite way to reject a picture with a very thankful patient who was under your care?
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    Sounds like you had a wonderful patient who was grateful for you doing your craft. Do a compliment sandwich, but do it sincerely.

    Complement Boundary Complement

    "Oh my. I'm flattered. Thank you, but I'm not comfortable with that right now. You've been a wonderful patient and I enjoyed working with you too."

    This is just an example of the compliment sandwich structure and you should adjust the wording to serve you.

    As for the phone number, just tell him that you were doing your job and seeing him better is all the reward you need. Again, adjust the wording for your truth.

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  • Jon Stewart Jokes Even Fox News Had to Admit 'Fire Emoji' at Pro-Military DNC Messaging
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    2mo ago 80%

    Nixon was for stronger gun control even supporting a total handgun ban. Similarly Regan was as governor. Row v. Wade was largely seen as sensible by Republicans when it was determined. Nixon also signed OSHA.

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  • [QUESTION] Chilli crisp, but for herbs?
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    2mo ago 100%

    Sort of sounds like a take on the Italian salsa verde. I'd do some research on whether or not fried garlic will prevent botcolism from forming. It's a risk when making garlic infused oil. The other thing I'd worry about is the less sturdy greens wilting.

    You might want to look into he European red pepper sauces likes Mojo Pican, Hungarian ajivar, or romanesco for inspiration.

    Good luck and I hope you make something delicious.

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  • Over 2,300 pounds of meth found hidden in celery at Georgia farmers market
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    2mo ago 100%

    The actual crime rates are probably much closer to the equivalent crime rates of the cities and neighborhoods that align to with their own economic status

    I was not defending the stats. I was critiquing your analysis and the conclusion you reached.

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  • Over 2,300 pounds of meth found hidden in celery at Georgia farmers market
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    There's a lot of assumptions here.

    Significant isn't specific. A specific number would give us an idea if the rate of crime committed by undocumented persons exceeds, meets, or continues to fall short of the other two groups.

    Next, you're assuming that the victims of violent crimes by undocumented workers are other undocumented workers. This, to some degree makes sense. But it's not 100%.

    Next, poverty in of itself isn't sufficient to predict rates of crime. Crime is a choice taken when there aren't other avenues available. Arguably, the reasons undocumented peoples move here is because their prospects are better here. That is to say, they chose to leave their people to come here instead of staying there and commiting crime. This isn't, obviously, specific. But it's a factor you didn't consider.

    Finally, what do you mean by class? There's a lot of usages.

    This isn't an argument to say you are wrong. It's an argument that you have been specific or open to other factors.

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  • ![](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Flemmy.world%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F594caaef-1558-4abc-bb46-6caa5b5f56ad.jpeg) You're only 78 years old Little Squirt!

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    Usually it's Friday night... Sometimes I go out Thursdays though.

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    www.economist.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14210696 > > The two percentage points of vote share that Mr Trump has gained since 2020 come from three sources. The largest group is people who supported Mr Biden last time, but are now undecided, backing minor candidates or not planning to vote, who outnumber those making the same shift from Mr Trump’s camp. These voters account for 0.9 points of Mr Trump’s two-point improvement. Undecided former Biden voters are slightly younger, more likely to be black or female and less likely to have attended college than repeat Biden voters. > > > > Mr Trump also enjoys an edge among people entering or returning to the major-party electorate. The share who say they did not vote for either him or Mr Biden in 2020 but have now settled on Mr Trump is 3.7%, slightly above the 3.3% who are choosing Mr Biden. This group adds another 0.3 of a point to Mr Trump’s tally. > > > > The final group, swing voters, is the smallest but also the most impactful. Because people who flip between the two major-party candidates both subtract a vote from one side and add one to the other, they matter twice as much as do those who switch between a candidate and not voting at all. Such voters are rare—just 3% of respondents fall into this category—but Mr Trump is winning two-thirds of them. With 2% of participants shifting from Mr Biden to Mr Trump versus just 1% doing the opposite, swing voters contribute a full percentage point to Mr Trump’s two-way vote share. > > ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f32e8cc0-d3ea-4899-a5d9-d44d08035c39.png) > > > The most intriguing pattern in YouGov’s data, however, is probably an equally powerful factor that has nothing to do with ideology. Compared with committed partisans, swing voters are vastly more likely to have children aged under 18: 47% of those flipping from Mr Biden to Mr Trump and 40% of those switching the other way are currently raising children, compared with 22% of repeat Biden voters and 19% of consistent Trump ones. And once the effects of race and parenthood are combined, the disparities are striking.

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    When writing a comment, you can preview it. I didn't see this feature when making a post. Also, spoiler markdowns weren't rendering in Boost when I tried using the menu insertion. I've seen other posts and comments with spoilers, so I'm not sure what's happening.

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    www.economist.com

    > The two percentage points of vote share that Mr Trump has gained since 2020 come from three sources. The largest group is people who supported Mr Biden last time, but are now undecided, backing minor candidates or not planning to vote, who outnumber those making the same shift from Mr Trump’s camp. These voters account for 0.9 points of Mr Trump’s two-point improvement. Undecided former Biden voters are slightly younger, more likely to be black or female and less likely to have attended college than repeat Biden voters. > > Mr Trump also enjoys an edge among people entering or returning to the major-party electorate. The share who say they did not vote for either him or Mr Biden in 2020 but have now settled on Mr Trump is 3.7%, slightly above the 3.3% who are choosing Mr Biden. This group adds another 0.3 of a point to Mr Trump’s tally. > > The final group, swing voters, is the smallest but also the most impactful. Because people who flip between the two major-party candidates both subtract a vote from one side and add one to the other, they matter twice as much as do those who switch between a candidate and not voting at all. Such voters are rare—just 3% of respondents fall into this category—but Mr Trump is winning two-thirds of them. With 2% of participants shifting from Mr Biden to Mr Trump versus just 1% doing the opposite, swing voters contribute a full percentage point to Mr Trump’s two-way vote share. ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f32e8cc0-d3ea-4899-a5d9-d44d08035c39.png) > The most intriguing pattern in YouGov’s data, however, is probably an equally powerful factor that has nothing to do with ideology. Compared with committed partisans, swing voters are vastly more likely to have children aged under 18: 47% of those flipping from Mr Biden to Mr Trump and 40% of those switching the other way are currently raising children, compared with 22% of repeat Biden voters and 19% of consistent Trump ones. And once the effects of race and parenthood are combined, the disparities are striking.

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    This was the most exciting traffic to sit in yesterday. I knew it was coming, but surprising it was already happening. I almost hit a person going westbound coming down from the 84/82nd overpass and into the unlit, blind curve. He left his shopping cart and saved himself. But the next car behind me had to sweep into the opposite lane. Thankfully, no one was on the road. Now [there'll be a traffic calming circle and crosswalk](https://www.portland.gov/transportation/pbot-projects/construction/ne-halsey-street-68th-92nd-avenues-safety-and-access). Hopefully, they add some street lamps and a flashing light for when people want to cross. ![Halsey Street Safety Project](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d98e0819-e648-4e12-ba88-f9c41c2abcc6.png) Fingers crossed that they do something for the 205/84 exchange overpass. That light at 92nd is like people are lining up for a drag race.

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    pdx.eater.com

    Wow... So many Eastside joints. Not complaining, but surprised nonetheless. With so many great spots to get a bite, its not surprising if they left something off the list. I was surprised to not see Apizza Scholls. Its been a while since I've been, but I always consider them to be pizza royalty. And then choosing Rose VL over Ha VL is odd to me. But cool. Who do you they left off?

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    usa.streetsblog.org

    >The highway cap is not the reason this project is so expensive. The real expense comes from doubling the width of the existing highway — something that ODOT has gone to great pains to conceal. The existing roadway is 82 feet wide, and ODOT's plans — which were not revealed publicly, but which we obtained via a public records request — show that the agency plans to nearly double the width of the highway to 160 feet along much of its length. In some places, it will roughly triple it to 240 feet. > >Instead of disclosing the massive highway expansion, though, ODOT instead claims that it is merely adding "one auxiliary lane" in each direction to the existing four-lane freeway, and calling for wide inside and outside shoulders that can be easily be re-striped into travel lanes once the project is built (which can be done without additional environmental review under FHWA regulations, by the way). > >The agency also claims that this widening-by-another-name will result in no increase in road capacity, and that therefore there won't be any additional traffic on I-5. But ODOT's own traffic count data predicts that traffic will grow from about 120,000 today to 142,000 per day in 2045 – a 18-percent increase

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    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/07/voter-age-biden-trump-2024-election-00150923

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14025725 > > It’s a significant reversal from recent history: President Joe Biden is struggling with young voters but performing better than most Democrats with older ones.

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    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/07/voter-age-biden-trump-2024-election-00150923

    > It’s a significant reversal from recent history: President Joe Biden is struggling with young voters but performing better than most Democrats with older ones.

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