Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

Looking at this graph of the number of votes cast for R v D for FL State House District 35 in past elections, it looks like the turnout among Republican voters has dropped precipitously over the past 2 election cycles while Democrats have managed to keep their share steady. Turnout for this special election was expected to be low, but looks like Tom Keen did a stellar job getting out the Democratic vote.
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Data source: https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_House_of_Representatives_District_35
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"Thanks to its bloat and political wrangling, the annual Department of Defense budget legislation includes hundreds of revisions and limitations telling the Pentagon what it can and cannot do. To make sense of all those provisions, the Pentagon created an AI program, codenamed GAMECHANGER."
https://theintercept.com/2023/09/20/pentagon-ai-budget-gamechanger/

Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji wins Sawiris Cultural Award, donates the money to the people of #Gaza.

In his statement, he lists the names of Palestinian artists and writers that the world has recently lost:

* Heba Abu Nada
* Omar Faris Abu Shaweesh
* Refaat Alareer
* Abdul Karim Al-Hashash
* Inas al-Saqa
* Yousef Dawas
* Nour al-Din Hajjaj
* Saleem Al-Naffar

https://ahmednaji.net/2024/01/16/statement-on-sawiris-cultural-award/

#CeasefireNOW #Palestine

Poland: 6 hours to report to the military during mobilization or face prison, new ministry of defense regulation https://lemmy.ml/post/10654673

好俊的宝宝

海鸥：今天您吃薯条了吗？

Oxfam Inequality Report Highlights Wealth Divide As Davos WEF Begins
https://www.forbes.com/sites/josiecox/2024/01/14/oxfam-inequality-report-highlights-wealth-divide-as-davos-wef-begins/

"A neighbor I bumped into at the DMV told me that she and three of her friends have Long COVID. The building manager where my mom lives says her memory is shot and she’s always out of breath. The neighbor who cares for my mom’s cat has lost her sense of smell entirely. My uncle has fatigue and brain fog. My aunt couldn’t taste the food at dinner."
What are we doing?
https://48hills.org/2024/01/i-have-long-covid-and-sen-scott-wiener-wouldnt-help/
#Covid #Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid @longcovid @novid

Club Q mass shooter to plead guilty to federal hate crimes and avoid death penalty https://t.co/Z4bSRmBRbv

In Gaza, you don’t only see death. You smell it. You breathe it https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-dont-only-see-death-smell-breathe-it https://nitter.hongkongers.net/aiww/status/1747483825486127187#m

#PBS NewsHour: WATCH: Senate debates resolution for #humanrights report on #USaid to #Israel for #Gaza war
#Palestine
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/bernie-sanders-forces-senate-into-a-test-vote-on-military-aid-as-the-israel-hamas-war-grinds-on

Thanks for letting me know @YorksBylines about the right to vote in UK elections from abroad

I am one of the people who has never been allowed to vote. My host country doesn't allow non-citizens to vote and my own country never allowed voting from outside the country if you were never registered before leaving

I'm annoyed that I'll be being franchised by the #Tory party though. And that I'll have to vote #Labour in #Reigate an ubersafe Tory seat

I'm going to give that monkey's paw two fingers

https://www.europesays.com/1006032/ Weather alert for wednesday. Stay home. Schools closed. #luxembourg

Rynn and Macdunet mated to produce Ruidel.
They are a Generation 3 fractal.
Their favorite color is green.

If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.
#fractal

#HuffPost: In First Vote On #Gaza War, #Senate Shields #Israel From #HumanRights Scrutiny
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israel-gaza-senate-vote-against-human-rights-report_n_65a70499e4b00bbb446d0088