an Inception/Revenant crossover movie called PLEASE, BEAR IN MIND

might mess around and get really into Ravel (was I just listening to a podcast about Ravel, yes; do I have too many versions of Bolero saved, also yes) stickynotespodcast.libsyn.com/ravel-and-fa...

are there mosquito wellness influencers, because those little guys are thriving

an attempt was made

These Tureen tests are getting crazy

an attempt was made

This is your regular reminder that the job of a journalist is almost certainly different than you think it is, and, additionally, there are different kinds of reporters — be it their beat or their medium (print, audio, TV, etc.) — whose day-to-day jobs look and work entirely differently.

"I am rather much troubled by thoughts of this response scale, yes"

"Grok, Elon Musk’s AI tool, continues to falsely identify the man when asked to explain who collapsed at the White House." dandiamond.substack.com/p/a-man-coll...

are women ruining a reasonable duration of daylight (image via: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selene#... )

kriss krosstab'll make ya (tabulate, tabulate)

Today's story: apnews.com/article/cens...  Data scientists perform last rites for 'dearly departed datasets' in 2nd Trump administration

imo, more maps of big scary shapes overlaid on North America should actually mean really cool things

finally, definitive research on how New Englanders feel about tourists: scholars.unh.edu/survey_cente...

There's an interesting throughline here about MAGA identification serving as a proxy for being politically aware enough to know what position your side is "supposed" to have and to adapt your position based on it. (I don't think this is unique to MAGA) www.kff.org/public-opini...

social media is half this and half people mistakenly treating other people's arguments about being this

I find people with coherent philosophies of how society ought to be fascinating because I don't even have a coherent philosophy of how society *is*

poor fair good excellent flat noodle

link. to. the. source.

(extremely only 2012-election-heads-will get this voice) ha ha ha....tariffic

Gonna go with "functioning very differently in an off-year election mostly about a ballot measure"!

if I were allowed to bring caveats to a potluck I would never not bring caveats to a potluck

If I can stop one person from reading the columns as rows it will be my greatest accomplishment

Trump won a return to the White House amid broad national dissatisfaction. A year later CNN exit polling finds voters expressing similar pessimism and anti-incumbent sentiments — this time, helping to fuel a sweep of Democratic victories. www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/p...

Voters’ dissatisfaction with Trump helped fuel Democratic wins in key races. (@aedwardslevy.bsky.social, CNN) www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/p...

See our AAPOR report on 2024 poll accuracy that was released last week!

early data: I have maintained my streak of clean solves in the crossword league I'm currently competing in

As I wrote in 2023, off-off-year elections can gesture broadly in the direction of the national mood—but there is a wiiiide margin of error on that. abcnews.go.com/538/2023-ele...

this is extremely correct, as a rule, although not in 100% of cases

conspiracies about polling always crack me up because have you ever heard a group of >1 survey methodologists try to come to a consensus on anything

"some issue polling is wording sensitive or reflects lightly held views, so it's good to view single surveys in context and be cautious about how hypothetical support translates into real-life political action" is a perfectly good take, but I suppose framing it that way doesn't get the big clicks

petition to find the least online person you know and ask them to explain why each of these might be a "trending topic"

my name is ozymandias, king of kings. look on my works, which are a snapshot and not a prediction, and which have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points for the full sample for more on the methodology of my work please see [link obstructed by lone and level sands]

Gutting and extensively reported:

the original b-side of When Doves Cry proved less commercially successful

Details here on how exit polling/poll of election voters! For the in-the-weeds details on methodology, see: ssrs.com/wp-content/u...

Wednesday is on Saturday, but you can't go to that one, so consider Wednesday on Sunday. Whatever you do, do not show up on Wednesday if you want to see Wednesday.

We have not done any polling on the NJ Gov, Virginia Gov or NYC mayoral races. Our poll out today is national.

some personal news: as a Perennially Cold Person, I have begun wearing a little black knit cap while out walking and it makes me look like a cartoon burglar but my head is so warm

New polling out from us today with numbers on Trump and an attempt to synthesize the political dynamics at play a year out from the midterms (e.g. Dems are less happy with their own party than GOP are but also strongly fired up against Trump) www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...

Most Americans say Trump is not committed to protecting the freedom of the press, protecting freedom of speech, free and fair elections or a fair criminal justice system abcnews.go.com/Politics/hal...

I don't know whether I want to start with the "expressive responding is when people answer polls as a form of partisan cheerleading" bit or the "polls are estimates and generally shouldn't be extrapolated to population numbers" bit

if I ever show up in a history of anything (to be clear, not necessarily a goal) I hope to do so in the company of a simile half this good

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RETVRN (derogatory)

We're all obsessed with the NYC mayoral race....while half the country thinks Mamdani is a brand of wine.

New NBC News poll: Who do voters say is more to blame for the government shutdown? • 52% blame Trump/Republicans • 42% blame Democrats www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

we love a comparative news attention question www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...

NEW Trump sees his lowest approval ratings of term on handling: Overall job (41%) Economy (38%) Inflation (34%) Economy/inflation policies most important to people in judging administration More *strongly* disapprove of his job handling (46%) than approve somewhat/strongly — true since July 1/2