German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is the most unpopular democratically elected head of government along with French President Emmanuel Macron in second place:
https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/13/german-chancellor-merz-…
Ex-Gorman star Jalen Nailor has high hopes for homecoming with Raiders https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/ex-gorman-star-jalen-nailor-has-high-hopes-for-homecoming-with-raiders-3724233/
The gerrymandering wars are here to stay (Amber Phillips/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/13/gerrymandering-wars-are-here-stay/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260514/p10#a260514p10
Germany plans $1.9 billion of fuel price relief "to tackle energy crisis".
The stupidest tool from the box.
Keeps demand and prices artificially high, costs billions, and largely ends up with households that don't need support. 🤦♀️🤦♂️🤦 https…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)
said Monday that he’s confident
Democrats will still win back the House of Representatives,
despite Republicans now being poised to come out ahead in Donald Trump’s redistricting war.
“The failed GOP majority will not be able to gerrymander themselves back into power,”
Jeffries wrote in a new letter to House Democrats
Jeffries said the House Democratic caucus would meet Thursday as they plot next steps.
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rhesus_monkey: Rhesus monkey grooming (1963)
Grooming interactions among a group of wild adult rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) in Cayo Santiago, during a two month period in 1963. Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction. The two versions below are equivalent.
This network has 16 nodes and 111 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted
Missouri Supreme Court hears challenges to GOP gerrymander (Jen Rice/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-supreme-court-hears-challenges-to-gop-gerrymander/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260512/p81#a260512p81
South Carolina redistricting: Lawmakers reject gerrymander in blow to Trump (Matt Cohen/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/south-carolina-redistricting-lawmakers-reject-gerrymander-in-blow-to-trump/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260512/p87#a260512p87