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Suddenly, Trump’s effort to rig the 2026 midterms with corrupt gerrymanders appears in trouble.
A panel of judges just blocked the GOP gerrymander in Texas, which had added five seats.
In Indiana, Republicans currently lack the votes to redraw their congressional map.
Trump is angry about all this.
He lashed out at Indiana Republicans, threatening primaries and calling one opponent “weak” and “pathetic.”
So is the scheme dead?
-- No.
Several as…

NYT: This is how your mind works https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/opinion/neuroscience-thinking-human.html Archived at https://

@… thanks.
Let's note, at the foot of the penultimate archived page (prior to removal of the topic):
― opening poster RypPn pleaded for people to be better
― eternal_noob replied, "But i'd like to watch things burn. 🥸".
The flames certainly entertained that one person. Moderators might have been less amused; it …

”My argument is that the current structure of public conversation has the same effect on human cognition that a botnet has on a web server. It's simply exhausting you. And an exhausted mind defaults to heuristics and tribal allegiances, aka whatever position allows it to conserve the most cognitive energy.”

”What I do know is that the feeling of being overwhelmed, of never being able to keep up, of having strong opinions about everything and confident understanding of nothing, is n…

Cowboys HC Drops Eye-Opening Comments on Maxx Crosby Following Failed Trade https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/maxx-crosby-brian-schottenheimer-trade-cowboys/?adt_ei=[email]

A broad retreat is underway in the nonprofit world.
After Donald Trump ordered his administration to root out “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts earlier this year,
opening the door to investigations and funding cuts for offenders,
more than 1,000 charities rewrote their mission statements in forms they filed this year with the Internal Revenue Service,
removing or minimizing language tied to race, inequity and historically disadvantaged communities.<…

Cowboys HC Drops Eye-Opening Comments on Maxx Crosby Following Failed Trade https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/maxx-crosby-brian-schottenheimer-trade-cowboys/?adt_ei=[email]

Digitale Souveränität: Nein! – Doch! – Oh! | heise online
https://heise.de/-11079611

'Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis' https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/15/dont-argue-with-strangers-and-11-more-rules-to-survive-the-information-cris…

Former NFL QB offers alternative opinion on George Pickens following Week 14 loss https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/former-nfl-qb-offers-alternative-opinion-george-pickens-following-week-14-loss