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Gerrymandering is unpopular with Florida voters – my recent survey shows why DeSantis pushed it through anyway
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Gerrymandering is unpopular with Florida voters – my recent survey shows why DeSantis pushed it through anyway Original
The Sunshine State has joined Texas, California and a handful of other states in the battle of mid-decade redistricting. On April 29, 2026, in a near party-line vote, the Florida Legislature adopted new congressional maps drawn by a staffer of Gov. Ron DeSantis. The GOP-led effort could lead to four more of Florida’s 28 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives turning Republican. Florida redrew its maps with the same underlying population data just four years ago.
Gerrymandering is unpopular with Florida voters – my recent survey shows why DeSantis pushed it through anyway
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Home Sweet Home
RIP: Techwood Dorm By Joanna Xiao, Aerospace Engineering Student In 1992, the Yellow Jacket football team was celebrating its 100th anniversary, BellSouth Mobility was selling a Tech-themed blue and gold Motorola phone, and Peter Stewart, CE 96, was wandering through campus in search of McDaniel Dormitory.
AI tools help supercharge entrepreneurship
Katia Shek is no stranger to the startup hustle. The rising senior in Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy has launched multiple ventures during her undergraduate years. But thanks to a new workshop series hosted by The Garage, her entrepreneurial pace has gone from fast to turbocharged. Catalyst: Building with AI is a groundbreaking series designed to empower students, researchers and innovators of all backgrounds to tap into the power of AI — no technical experience required.
AI tools help supercharge entrepreneurship
Katia Shek is no stranger to the startup hustle. The rising senior in Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy has launched multiple ventures during her undergraduate years. But thanks to a new workshop series hosted by The Garage, her entrepreneurial pace has gone from fast to turbocharged. Catalyst: Building with AI is a groundbreaking series designed to empower students, researchers and innovators of all backgrounds to tap into the power of AI — no technical experience required.
Artful Living: St. Albert Fine Furnishings & Figurines
Step into a world of timeless elegance and curated charm in this exclusive auction featuring fine, unique furniture, exquisite figurines, and exceptional décor items. From handcrafted statement pieces to delicate collectibles, each item tells a story of craftsmanship, beauty, and taste.
Opinion | Clean power investment helps coops to power rural Wisconsin
“Power” was the operative word in Westby on Sept. 5 as Dairyland Power Cooperative welcomed President Joe Biden to the grounds of Vernon Electric Cooperative to announce the most significant, transformative investment in electricity and clean energy in U.S. history. Power, as in the power of the federal government to invest in rural America. Power, as in the power of the presidency to focus on the future energy needs of rural communities.
Larry Ellison, Yuval Noah Harari & Nick Bostrom
Oracle CTO & Executive Chairman Larry Ellison raised some eyebrows on a recent earnings call. He said in the near future: “Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that’s going on.” This sounds like a behavioral modification program. When humans know they are being watched, and their actions monitored by authorities, they change their actions to conform.
Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari - Suicide Prevention?
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari. September 2024. Penguin Random House. I have feelings for Yuval Noah Harari (YNH). Not in a way that his husband, Itzik Yahav, whom he refers to as his “internet of all things,” has to fear. But as another animal who gets it. Harari is over the target, making us question everything. Everything is random and therefore could be different. Life has no meaning except for the fictional stories we make up.
Deaths at Davos by Thierry Malleret
Perhaps the global elites worst nightmare is that those who resent them gain the means to disrupt their coveted Annual Meeting in Davos. Imagine a group of jihadists, or QAnon adherents, or KGB members opening fire and killing powerful officials in the Swiss Alps. Though many would like to see this happen, the yearly conclave is heavily protected by the most sophisticated security forces on earth, so thankfully it probably never will.
The Fifth Industrial Revolution by Pranjal Sharma
LinkedIn 4 hours ago LinkedIn's AI Can Help You Write Cover Letters, Tweak Your Resume PCMag - Joe Hindy • 4h If you're stumped on a cover letter, let LinkedIn handle it. The site is also providing conversational job searches using AI to help you narrow down … Science 5 hours ago New Tech Maps Human Brain in Unprecedented Detail neurosciencenews.com - Neuroscience News • 5h Researchers developed a technology pipeline to image entire human brain hemispheres at high resolution.
The Fifth Industrial Revolution by Pranjal Sharma
The fourth industrial revolution is history. Never mind that many small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) are stuck at industry 3.2. Indian writer & technologist Pranjal Sharma breaks from the orthodoxy. What is the fifth industrial revolution (5IR)? It promises to be more than just a numerical progression from the fourth. Imagine a world where humans work alongside advanced technology and AI-powered robots, enhancing workplace processes.
The Drummond Affair: Murder and Mystery in Provence
'A serious reinvestigation full of revealing background information that sheds additional light on what was then and now remains a shocking crime' Paul French, author of Midnight in Peking 'This riveting, eye-opening investigation of a 70-year-old murder mystery reads like a whodunit ...
#EDITORIAL: Blow Up By Daniel Thomas Smith
PHOTOGRAPHER: DANIEL THOMAS SMITH DOP: DONNY JOHNSON STYLIST: ESPERANZA DE LA FUENTE MAKE-UP: VALERIA FERREIRA HAIR STYLIST: KIM ROY BALLOON ARTIST: MIRANDA KEELING PRODUCER: NAOMI ELLIOTT & MACIEJ KNAS LIGHTING ASSISTANT: LIAM BUNDY LIGHTING ASSISTANT: ROB WALKER STYLING ASSISTANT: CONNIE NG STYLING ASSISTANT: MARINA GONZÁLEZ MAKE-UP ASSISTANT: FRANCESCA LEACH TALENT 1: MARIE HILGERS @ Premier Model Management TALENT 2: CHARLIE DREW @ ELITE TALENT 3: NOEMIE SCHAEPELYNCK @ PRM BALLOON ARTIST...
Father-Son Bonding
On his first day as a Northwestern Engineering faculty member last fall, Rajan Kumar saw a familiar face with a wide smile standing at his office door. His father, Prem Kumar, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the McCormick School of Engineering and a faculty member at Northwestern since 1986, said he stopped by to welcome his son back “home” and savor the opportunity to count him as a colleague.
Deaths at Davos by Thierry Malleret
Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. Perhaps the global elite’s worst nightmare is that those who resent their designs gain the means to disrupt their coveted Annual Meeting in Davos.
A day in my life at CIS
Canadian International School (CIS) secondary student Joseph T. shared a glimpse of his timetable and day-to-day activities at CIS, saying, “My day kicks off at 8.30am with Advisory where my advisor checks in to see how I’m doing. We can chat about anything, whether it’s challenges I’m facing in school, or just life in general. I also take this time to go over my goals and get the lowdown on school activities. The rest of my day is structured around four subject blocks, each lasting 80 minutes.
One Northwestern Researcher’s Mission to Elevate Healthcare
Research Sanjay Mehrotra has devoted the last half of his research career to improving healthcare decision-making Research Sanjay Mehrotra has devoted the last half of his research career to improving healthcare decision-making Northwestern Engineering’s Sanjay Mehrotra devoted the early part of his research career to optimization algorithms and modeling. In fact, he found a successful niche advising hedge funds on buying and selling to maximize returns.
Phage-bacteria dynamics during the first years of life revealed by trans-kingdom marker gene analysis
Abstract Humans are colonized with commensal bacteria soon after birth, and, while this colonization is affected by lifestyle and other factors, bacterial colonization proceeds through well-studied phases. However, less is known about phage communities in early human development due to small study sizes, inability to leverage large databases, and lack of appropriate bioinformatics tools.
Just a Number? Voter Evaluations of Age in Candidate-Choice Experiments
Around the world, humans are living longer and politicians are getting older. But what do voters think about politicians of advanced age? We conduct a meta-analysis of 16 conjoint design-based candidate-choice experiments in seven democracies, revealing that older hypothetical candidates are consistently less likely to be favored by respondents—whether compared to the youngest alternative or the second-oldest alternative.
Auditing the 2020 General Election in Georgia: Residual Vote Rates and a Confusing Ballot Format
INTRODUCTION The 2020 general election was unique in American history. Conducted during the country's worst public health crisis since the Spanish Flu of 1918, millions of voters who would ordinarily have voted in person instead cast ballots by mail (Sprunt 2020).
Biden’s Fed Nominees a Tit-for-Tat Response to Trump’s – InsideSources
Our political institutions were explicitly designed to prevent radicalization. That’s a good thing, not a problem. Major initiatives should require debate and compromise. But policymakers with an affinity for radical agendas have grown increasingly impatient with the democratic justifiability required by the constitutional process. That’s why they’re turning to the Fed. The Fed maintains an outsized footprint on the economy and also holds several financial regulatory reins.
Exercise 'sweet spot' may reverse brain decline in dementia breakthrough
A new study has discovered the exercise 'sweet spot' that could help reverse the effects of dementia. Researchers at the Queensland Brain Institute, at the University of Queensland Australia, claim 35 days of exercise may be enough to bring significant improvements to cognitive performance, reports the Express.
Daniel W. Smith: Inside out / Radical Philosophy
Inside out Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus Papers Daniel W. Smith Félix Guattari met Gilles Deleuze in Paris shortly after the events of May 1968, through a mutual friend. Over the next twenty-five years, he would co-author five books with Deleuze, including, most famously, the two volumes of Capitalism and Schizophrenia – AntiOedipus (1972) and A Thousand Plateaus (1981).
Analysis | Japan’s new prime minister is a third-generation politician. That’s more common than you might think.
On Monday, Japan’s House of Representatives elected Fumio Kishida as the country’s 100th prime minister. Kishida has pledged to “regenerate” his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has ruled Japan for all but four years since 1955. One of the ironies of Japanese politics, however, is that “generational change” in the LDP often means the sons, grandsons and other relatives of outgoing politicians step in to replace them.
Daniel Smith: An optimist hopes Anchorage Assembly will vote down mask decree
By DANIEL SMITH I like to think I am an optimist. Based on the overwhelming testimony I have heard against the proposed Anchorage Assembly ordinance AO 2021-91, I am optimistic that it will fail, as there are many things more dangerous than the Covid-19 virus, which has a 1.6% mortality rate for the entire population. For those under the age of 19, their Covid virus survival rate is 99.997% if untreated.
Men and Mental Health
More men are seeking help, but roadblocks to treatment remain Through college, graduate school, and into an active and successful professional life in healthcare administration, Earnest Davis had grown accustomed to pushing aside emotional issues that impacted his productivity. From a stressed relationship with his mother to the challenges of fatherhood, Davis shoved unease away, a strategy that allowed him to avoid confronting the fears and anxieties bubbling insidehis mind.
COVID-19 Proved the Importance of Essential Workers. But What Happens After the Pandemic?
Workers in critical industries like health care, logistics and agriculture should be rewarded with respect and better pay. (Illustration/Harry Campbell) Growing up in Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Valley in the 1960s, Manuel Pastor had a stable home life thanks to his working-class father. His dad had a sixth-grade education, but his job repairing industrial air conditioners provided the family with their own home and a car. It also gave the Pastor children a fair shot at upward social mobility.
The Writing Life
By Daniel P. Smith Over the last six decades, Mary Ann Grossmann ’60 has led a compelling professional life as a writer and editor with the St. Paul Pioneer Press. She sat in gilded chairs at New York City fashion shows. She traveled from one Middle East palace to another by royal helicopter. She chatted with the likes of U.S. President Jimmy Carter, iconic author Kurt Vonnegut, and feminist pioneer Betty Friedan. She penned the obituaries of her parents as well as her husband.
What Does ‘Historical’ Mean in Historical Political Economy?
By Daniel S. Smith and Thomas R. Gray Historically-oriented political science has risen to the fore as a dynamic genre in the discipline. Within this growing literature, the historical political economy (HPE) research agenda is notable for its topical variety and methodological ecumenicism, drawing scholars together from across disciplinary divides.
Tennessee’s alcohol taxes fall heaviest on the poor
Macy Scheck and Daniel J. Smith Macy Scheck is a research analyst with the Political Economy Research Institute. Daniel J. Smith is the director of the Political Economy Research Institute at Middle Tennessee State University and an associate professor of economics at the Jones College of Business. Tennessee might call itself the Volunteer State, but there is nothing voluntary about its unreasonably high alcohol taxes.
Tennessee’s alcohol taxes fall heaviest on the poor
Macy Scheck and Daniel J. Smith Macy Scheck is a research analyst with the Political Economy Research Institute. Daniel J. Smith is the director of the Political Economy Research Institute at Middle Tennessee State University and an associate professor of economics at the Jones College of Business. Tennessee might call itself the Volunteer State, but there is nothing voluntary about its unreasonably high alcohol taxes.
Watch: What Mary the Mother of Jesus teaches us about pressing forward in both good and bad times
byDaniel Smith, Messages of Christ | May 04, 2021 Mary is perhaps the most significant mother in all of history. She alone was chosen to be the mother of the only begotten Son, a task that was not only daunting but had significant implications for Mary. As we more fully understand her entire story, not just the moment she became a mother, or even the moment she saw the Savior die on the cross, we can gain a truly remarkable view into the life of this amazing woman.
Historical Patterns in Political Dynasties
Last week, Andrew Giuliani announced that he plans to run for Governor of New York in 2022, after previously considering a run for Mayor of New York City this year (an office previously held by his father, Rudy Giuliani). If he were to win, he would replace the current governor, Andrew Cuomo, whose father Mario Cuomo also previously held the post. Meanwhile, in Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders is already running for governor, a post once held by her father, Mike Huckabee.
Local author finalist for PEN American Award
Apr 15, 2021 10h44 ● By Daniel Smith Local author and professor Natasha Sajé has been nominated for the PEN American Award for her memoir, “Terroir: Love, Out of Place.” The book chronicles watershed moments in Sajé’s life and provides commentary on identity, nationality, guilt and love.
Flirting With WWIII: You’re Not Being Told
ShareTweetSubscribe: CDN Daily Briefing Most Americans who have been paying attention to real-world politics and culture should all have a solid understanding that WWIII is imminent, and the collapse of the American Republic is continuing unabated in many different ways. Did anyone catch the Russian/China/Iranian alliance meeting last week?
Smith, Norcross: COVID stimulus won’t cure the pension pandemic
State and local governments are chomping at the bit to receive a share of the $350 billion reserved for them in the latest COVID-19 stimulus bill. Rather than addressing real pandemic needs, however, this bailout only offers a crutch to those states and localities that have engaged in decades of fiscal irresponsibility, especially when it comes to their mounting pension liabilities.
COMMENTARY: COVID stimulus won’t cure the pension pandemic
COMMENTARY: COVID stimulus won’t cure the pension pandemic Matt Rourke/AP File Photo By Daniel J. Smith and Eileen Norcross STATE and local governments are chomping at the bit to receive a share of the $350 billion reserved for them in the latest COVID-19 stimulus bill.
Commentary: COVID stimulus won’t cure the pension pandemic
State and local governments are chomping at the bit to receive a share of the $350 billion reserved for them in the latest COVID-19 stimulus bill. Rather than addressing real pandemic needs, however, this bailout only offers a crutch to those states and localities that have engaged in decades of fiscal irresponsibility, especially when it comes to their mounting pension liabilities.
Hope in the Age of Confusion?
ShareTweetSubscribe: CDN Daily Briefing The United States of America was once a land squarely grounded in principles. That is, one fundamental philosophy and direction of movement as one united culture—of many cultures. What we encounter today, in our modern society, is a culture of many cultures and fundamental beliefs. With time comes mankind’s natural urge to divide when critical historical social and political events take place in our nation.
The Great American Matrix
ShareTweetSubscribe: CDN Daily Briefing What if I told you that everything you were taught since public school was a lie? Okay, maybe not everything. If you remembered your first lessons from history class, could you remember what they were about? If I took a wild guess I would say that a lot of you all were taught that humanity arrived here over millions of evolutionary years.
Toll-like Receptor 9 Agonists as Adjuvants for Nanoparticle-Based Nicotine Vaccine
Nicotine vaccine was considered a promising therapy against smoking addiction. The level of immune response that a nicotine vaccine can induce is pivotal to its efficacy. In this study, Toll-like receptor 9 agonists, namely, CpG ODN 1555 and CpG ODN 1826, were incorporated into a nanoparticle-based nicotine vaccine (NanoNicVac) to enhance its immunogenicity. The results showed that NanoNicVac containing either CpG ODN 1555 or CpG ODN 1826 could be rapidly internalized by dendritic cells.
In the Year 2021: Lawlessness vs Principle
ShareTweetSubscribe: CDN Daily Briefing In the year 2021, you should expect lawlessness versus principle as a front-and-center societal polarization to its most extreme. Because the culture war is over principle. But let’s start getting real about what’s been happening before our very eyes over the last, not just four years, but almost a decade now. Lawlessness, arbitrary behaviors, purposeful hostility, and a biting hate so powerful you can feel it seep through your computer screen.
The Fracture of American Culture
ShareTweetSubscribe: CDN Daily Briefing True American culture started where it was founded–right in the heart of the North American colonist at the run-up to the American Revolution. Of course over time that has all changed with quick population growth, cultural experiences, and historical events. And as with any cultural change comes a stark political and religious divide. It’s a real thing that has the extreme potential for positive and negative outcomes.
A Modern Renaissance Long Gone
ShareTweetSubscribe: CDN Daily Briefing There has been an undertaking by individuals and institutions, with an anti-American philosophy to life, seeking to destroy traditional American culture. I have written about the dangers lurking behind rewriting traditional national history to fit the needs of a certain anti-American political agenda. It’s absolutely maddening in apparent obviousness how people are “propping up” false teachers.
Finding the Melford Hall Manuscript
The Melford Hall Manuscript is a large, expensively bound manuscript volume containing previously unknown witnesses of nearly 140 poems by John Donne (1572-1631), one of the most outstandingly significant poets and preachers of the early modern period. Discovered by Gabriel Heaton of Sotheby’s during a routine survey of Melford Hall in Suffolk, and restored by sale by the prestigious Brockman binders, it sold in 2018 for £475,000 (£387,500 plus auctioneer’s premium).
Coronavirus vaccine: An expert guide to understanding trial results, roll-out and what happens next; With vaccines being administered, here's a comprehensive look at where we are and what's to come. - Free Online Library
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