РАСІЯ ГОТОВА ВОЄВАТЬ ВЄЧНО / Russia’s Forever War (animation)

Democrats are up 6 and 10 points, respectively, in our new polling averages for the NJ and VA governors races. Our avg is different from others because we account for pollster house effects, partisanship, and poll population. This matters in a race where 44% of polls are partisan

Quantifying how slavery shaped the antebellum US economy, showing the coercion, expropriation, and misallocation of enslaved labor had large welfare and economic impacts, from @treballen, Winston Chen, and @snaidunl nber.org/papers/w34356

This graph from a new AP-NORC poll out this week highlights a crucial point: The Democratic Party's favorability rating is so low today (when compared to the GOP's) because _Democrats_ are upset with the party, not because swing voters rate Ds more negatively than Rs. 1/3

Battle on High Seas Michael Zeno Diemer

Jupiter and Medea v Triton – Action of 20 October 1778 by Pierre-Julien Gilbert

Unless something dramatic changes, our calculations suggest that Vladimir Putin will be unable to win the war on the battlefield. The fact that he nevertheless continues to try suggests that he is out of ideas economist.com/interactive/eu…

A View of the Ayu-Dag Mountain in the Evening Light - Ivan Aivazovsky, 1850

On the High Seas by Michael Zeno Diemer

Scenes of massive crowds from across the country as millions of Americans took to the streets of their cities and communities to protest Trump's presidency in "No Kings" demonstrations. nytimes.com/2025/10/18/us/…

Wage compression has reversed nytimes.com/2025/10/19/bus…

After adding new data, our estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7, making it the largest single-day political protest in U.S. history (excluding first Earth Day). Here's protests in Trump's 2nd vs 1st term

Rescue at Sea by Arthur Wilde Parsons

3 years, 3 months, 20 hours, 53 minutes, and 55 seconds ▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 18.62%

Схоже, цю анімацію можна спокійно репостити кожні кілька тижнів 🥱 Йоб*ний рудий дегенерат. x.com/i/status/19544…

Ivan Aivazovsky, Ship on Stormy Seas

I'm so fucking tired, y'all. It's every day. It's every single day. Each more unhinged, insane, and incompetent than the last.

Good morning with Monet's Sunrise

Gustave Courbet