February 28, 2019

Crystal Ball: A first look at the Electoral College - 248 R, 244 D, 46 Toss-up

https://twitter.com/kkondik/status/1101117282812612608


http://crystalball.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/the-2020-electoral-college-our-first-look/


I really hope the 2020 election is a complete blowout for us, not like this map.

February 28, 2019

Comcast in Chicago, a little help please

Usually I would post this in Computer Help and Support, but it's not that terribly geeky.

I watch this guy stream PUBG on twitch.tv. Part of his job, of course, is to make sure his stream does not buffer excessively or have frozen frames, in other words a normal video viewing experience. He lives in the city of Chicago, not a suburb.

He has Comcast. I don't know what kind of account he has. Lately he has been having terrible problems with buffering and the stream literally locking up or showing maybe one frame per second. He says there's "nothing I can do".

If he had Business Comcast, would that make a difference ? I was reading on their site that there are no data caps. I am assuming an ordinary residential account in Chicago would have a data cap. Maybe they are throttling him because he does not have a business account ? He streams in the neighborhood of 50 hours per week or around 200 hours per month, so he must be using a lot of data.

Is he really out of luck, or does he need to bite the bullet and go business Comcast ? I know Comcast has a pretty terrible reputation but according to him, it's his only option. Thank you all.

February 28, 2019

"I've made a huge mistake" (kitty hanging on for dear life)

https://twitter.com/SlenderSherbet/status/1100740433620226052

February 20, 2019

Shawarma (a cat) aka "Queen Of the Station," greets commuters at this train station every single day

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/1098302612640718849

Great story! eta: This is in Israel, and a few people feed her and take her to the vet, so this might be why she likes the station.

February 17, 2019

"My wife is away all week so I'm following pop culture law....."

https://twitter.com/BillCorbett/status/1096877460472377345




I got my first good laugh of the day. Hope you enjoy it too.

January 24, 2019

Google, Facebook, and Microsoft sponsored a right-wing conference that promoted climate change......

https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/1088094598315028480


https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/01/google-facebook-and-microsoft-sponsored-a-conference-that-promoted-climate-change-denial/


Google, Facebook, and Microsoft have publicly acknowledged the dangers of global warming, but last week they all sponsored a conference that promoted climate change denial to young libertarians.

All three tech companies were sponsors of LibertyCon, the annual convention of the libertarian group Students for Liberty, which took place in Washington, DC. Google was a platinum sponsor, ponying up $25,000, and Facebook and Microsoft each contributed $10,000 as gold sponsors. The donations put the tech companies in the top tier of the event’s backers. But the donations also put the firms in company with some of the event’s other sponsors, which included three groups known for their work attacking climate change science and trying to undermine efforts to reduce carbon emissions.

Among the most notable was the CO2 Coalition, a group founded in 2015 to spread the “good news” about a greenhouse gas whose increase in the atmosphere is linked to potentially catastrophic climate change. The coalition is funded by conservative foundations that have backed other climate change denial efforts. These include the Mercer Family Foundation, which in recent years has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to right-wing think tanks engaged in climate change denialism, and the Charles Koch Institute, the charitable arm of one of the brothers behind Koch Industries, the oil and gas behemoth.

In the LibertyCon exhibit hall, the CO2 Coalition handed out brochures that said its goal is to “explain how our lives and our planet Earth will be improved by additional atmospheric carbon dioxide.” One brochure claimed that “more carbon dioxide will help everyone, including future generations of our families” and that the “recent increase in CO2 levels has had a measurable, positive effect on plant life,” apparently because the greenhouse gas will make plants grow faster.

January 21, 2019

Good thread about Covington Catholic and the kid in the photo

https://twitter.com/arlenparsa/status/1086985105824976902

eta: If someone knows how to do threadreaderapp that would be great

eta2: Never mind, someone already did it

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1086985105824976902.html

January 21, 2019

Standing in -30c on frozen Lake Inari in Finnish Lapland with wide eyes, a big grin and frozen.....

https://twitter.com/Hannahbellaaaa/status/1087250844112875520

January 21, 2019

No transit, no problem (amazing video of guy snowboarding in Montreal)

https://twitter.com/KellyCanuckTO/status/1087081869118709761


eta: DECEMBER 4, 2017

https://www.instagram.com/p/BcR_Jf9lWZq/


eta2: Sebastien Toutant



https://www.instagram.com/sebtoots/

January 21, 2019

Feedback on Lyft sought

I've always used taxis and Uber for rides. I want to try Lyft now.

Is Lyft a good service ? Do they treat their drivers decently ? Thanks in advance. I know I can go online for reviews but I thought I
would start here. Thanks.

https://www.lyft.com