Nathan A Burroughs
@naburroughs.bsky.social
The fact that this is happening on a sunday is the clue that this is a con on democratic voters.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The fact that this is happening on a sunday is the clue that this is a con on democratic voters.
Yeah it would be classic kabuki. "We fought really hard, we swear! (psst not really)"
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Yeah it would be classic kabuki. "We fought really hard, we swear! (psst not really)"
The facile references to Sulla always drive me insane.
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The facile references to Sulla always drive me insane.
I've been playing TW & EU since the beginning. The steady decline of TW is depressing - I love EU as a strategy game, but have never found a good substitute for historical tactical games.
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I've been playing TW & EU since the beginning. The steady decline of TW is depressing - I love EU as a strategy game, but have never found a good substitute for historical tactical games.
As a fan of the 90s Braves, I can attest that baseball is the most stressful sport in the world.
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
As a fan of the 90s Braves, I can attest that baseball is the most stressful sport in the world.
I must be weird. I've only vacillated between varieties of liberal reformism.
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I must be weird. I've only vacillated between varieties of liberal reformism.
National Election Study has a lot of that info I believe. But the short answer is that citizen knowledge & political awareness is quite low.
October 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
National Election Study has a lot of that info I believe. But the short answer is that citizen knowledge & political awareness is quite low.
The Germans have the best model. Single member districts + national pop vote distribution of seats.
October 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The Germans have the best model. Single member districts + national pop vote distribution of seats.
You would be amazed how easy it is to mobilize within a local party. They are desperate for volunteers and people to take on leadership roles.
October 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
You would be amazed how easy it is to mobilize within a local party. They are desperate for volunteers and people to take on leadership roles.
It's almost like you should ask an elections scholar questions like this, but y'know, modern political journalism....
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
It's almost like you should ask an elections scholar questions like this, but y'know, modern political journalism....
Is it the whole "I'm critiquing your book even though I clearly didn't read it" problem?
October 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Is it the whole "I'm critiquing your book even though I clearly didn't read it" problem?
5% is too low, leads to excessive fractionalization of the parties.
October 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
5% is too low, leads to excessive fractionalization of the parties.
Not these gerrymanders. The technology is much better than it was 20 years ago.
October 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Not these gerrymanders. The technology is much better than it was 20 years ago.
I dunno - an r-square of .23 looks pretty modest to me.
October 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I dunno - an r-square of .23 looks pretty modest to me.
OMG I hate it so much.
October 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
OMG I hate it so much.
I think that's an error on wikipedia - PVI is based on the last couple of elections, and Illinois was +10 in 2024 and +17 in 2020.
October 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I think that's an error on wikipedia - PVI is based on the last couple of elections, and Illinois was +10 in 2024 and +17 in 2020.
Just wanted to say thanks for all the great programming to date. Tides has been my constant companion on training runs these past years.
October 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Just wanted to say thanks for all the great programming to date. Tides has been my constant companion on training runs these past years.
Done! & thanks, because it prompted me to also pre-order the new James S A Corey book. :)
October 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Done! & thanks, because it prompted me to also pre-order the new James S A Corey book. :)
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October 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
WHITE Christian, to be precise. Robert Jones has a good book about this. www.simonandschuster.com/books/White-...