From the very brief research I did, most experts find that they do a little bit better than you would expect due to chance alone. OTOH, I’m not an expert and don’t really know what a claim like “The Almanac is accurate 50% of the time” even means.

Yes, that seems very possible.

In what ways are they feminist? Opposing abortion rights is not feminist, and supporting birth control can’t possibly count as progressive, it’s the position of almost everyone in the US (of course it’s better than being anti-birth control). Being anticapitalist could be progressive, depending on what they want…

How accurate has the Farmer’s Almanac been in the past? Predicting a hot summer seems pretty straightforward, especially as temperatures slowly rise across the globe. But is there any reason to think that their predictions are more accurate than that? Genuinely curious.

I have two questions. First, are there any positions that PAAU promotes that are progressive? Second, why does Tucker Carlson always look like he’s constipated and passing the worst bowel movement ever?

I have nothing positive to say about Elon Musk, but posting a link to a story about him being bullied so badly he had to be hospitalized to suggest that he’s not good at fighting is deeply shitty.

With someone like this, it’s de rigeur.

This is probably the best thing about Gab and other far right social networks (a low bar, I know): racists and anti-semites in positions of power are often very bad about concealing their identities.

Fun, but why stop there? Anyone purchasing alcohol should have to first pass a background check, and anyone purchasing weed or alcohol should have to prove that they don’t know any pregnant or breastfeeding women.

Can you post a link to the info about genders in ancient Jewish writings? I know some people I would like to share that info with.

That’s possible, but it would be a really weird way to define “woman” or “female”. Like, would he consider an XY female to be a man? I mean, it just seems weird and ignorant no matter what he means.

I know his perspective is rooted in hatred, not ignorance, but it’s probably worth pointing out that the perfect correlation Cawthorn seems to assume exists between chromosomes and genitals just isn’t there. Intersex people are real. Not everyone has XX or XY chromosomes. And not every person with XX chromosomes has a…

Is there a list of current members? I would bet there are a number of people in the Academy who should have resigned before Will Smith. And I say that even though I think what he did was unacceptable.

New Englanders should check out the Boston Pride (https://pride.premierhockeyfederation.com/) and the Boston Renegades (https://www.bostonrenegadesfootball.org/). The Pride just won the Isobel Cup, and the Renegades start defending their championship on April 16th (first home game is April 30th). The games are fun and…

It was in Canada, which is where my girlfriend lives. My really hot Canadian girlfriend.

‘Well hey, we’re going to have kind of a sexual get together at one of our homes, you should come.’

She has one kid but strong opinions why other people should have more.

I think it’s some sort of bizarre performative protectiveness. He wants to convince his weird supporters that he’s a good father, but just has no idea how to do it.

Someone call QAnon, the elitist pedophiles have been in the GOP all along.

That’s definitely a fair point, but SEL also has basically nothing to do with history. These weird conservative obsessions just spiral around and around like some demented ouroboros.