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Jackiemauro

@Jackiemauro@fosstodon.org

Data scientist | PhD in stats & public policy from CMU | interested in #causalInference #nonparametricStatistics #ML #criminalJustice, trying to get more into and learn more about #climate

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mekkaokereke, (edited ) to random
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Again, "Trump is worse!" Then blocked🤷🏿‍♂️

https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/@steter/112402055418029413

Gotta respect the doubling down! Replying to me posting some dude saying "Trump is worse!" then blocking me, with saying "Trump is worse!" then blocking me too! The commitment to the bit is impressive!

Listen, you can get as mad as you want. You can call Black folk criticizing Biden "Bitching" if you want. We're still going to do it.

The CDC under Biden dropped the Covid isolation period from "5 days" to "vibes days." Not Trump.

Jackiemauro,
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@mekkaokereke i don’t think Biden is beyond criticism by any means. But I do think his Covid response was better.

We can’t forget that Trump just fully failed on all fronts. He put kushner in charge for gods sake. Just comparing the length of recommended isolation is not a good metric.

Biden managed to get multiple rounds of vaccine to any American who wanted it. Free. In a local pharmacy. And mailed everyone free tests.

Jackiemauro,
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@mekkaokereke boy we heard a lot less about “vaccine hesitancy” when it turned out white people were the ones refusing.

skinnylatte, to random
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Food in LA is so much more exciting

Jackiemauro,
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@skinnylatte man there was this Muslim Burmese place by my old apartment in mar vista that was SO GOOD. ugh I miss LA food.

Jackiemauro,
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@skinnylatte seriously. And there used to be a tamale lady in my neighborhood. She always came by at like 830am on Saturday and I would jump my ass out of bed for her 😂😂 they were so good

Jackiemauro,
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@skinnylatte it may be rose colored glasses but I feel like we used to have so many more interesting and adventurous food options. And now so much has gotten really conservative and one note. Seems like that’s the only way to survive.

Jackiemauro,
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@skinnylatte yea I think that’s 100% it. I left sf for New York in 2006 right before tech really got its claws in. Came back in 2012 and it was a real WTF moment on the food front. I mean it’s also probably why all the interesting food left is in the TL.

hrefna, to random
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If you think that Biden isn't harm reduction from Trump, I don't even know what to say.

I don't like the man, and I have more reasons to dislike him than most, he wasn't even in my top 5 in the last election.

But the difference between him and Trump is night and day

"It's just cryptofascism" no, no it isn't, but even to the degree it were, the amount of damage that Trump can do is orders of magnitude higher and claiming these are identical is accelerationist at best and genocidal at worst

Jackiemauro,
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@hrefna (adding on with more ideas, definitely not negating those ones!)

Volunteer for a candidate you really believe in!

Go to city council meetings!

Support local independent journalism!

Run for office!

StillIRise1963, to random
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Nothing worse than stupid with words.🙄

Jackiemauro,
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@StillIRise1963 except maybe their consequences

DeliaChristina, to random
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I swear, having a Black president literally made America go insane.

When I think about how utterly wiiiiild everything is, I think, Hm, what was the catalyst? What was the thing that made half this country go completely bonkers?

Barack Obama.

Jackiemauro,
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@icastico @DeliaChristina yea when Hilary won the primary my husband was like, “no way are they letting a woman run things right after a Black man.”

Hate when the cynic in the relationship is right.

tess, to random
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I think consistently referring to counter-protestors as "zionists" is probably misleading; I suspect that while there may be many genuine zionists doing violence to pro-Palestine protestors, there are also probably a bunch of fascists mixed in there who are very much not "zionists" in the traditional sense (other than perhaps that Israel's continued existence provides a potential avenue to ethnically cleanse the US of Jews).

Using that broad brush actually plays into the fascists' agenda.

Jackiemauro,
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@tess I’m going with Bibi-boys

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Angry Staffer:

…Project 2025 ..

  • would let red states monitor & prosecute women who get abortions

  • won’t commit to defending NATO nations

  • wd fire attys who won’t prosec his political opponents

  • suspend posse comitatus & deploy the military on US soil

  • wd end pandemic preparedness office

  • wd fire 1000s of civil servants

  • pardon all J6 rioters

  • try to make law enf officers immune from prosec

If this doesn’t scare the living shit out of you, you aren’t paying attention.

Jackiemauro,
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@mloxton @1nd33d @GottaLaff yea I feel like asking them how many times a peaceful egalitarian society has sprung up after an old society was violently and chaotically burned to the ground.

Jackiemauro,
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@MylesRyden @RebeccaBoyce I just got into the dumbest argument yesterday with people who sincerely believed Biden was worse than Trump on Covid and civil liberties and OOF.

rchusid, to random
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Why do so many Democrats think that, as important as abortion rights are, it is ok to support Democratic warmongers who literally are responsible for killing women and children in other countries because of abortion?

Jackiemauro,
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@rchusid ill try to answer this honestly as a democrat who will vote for Biden. I’m horrified by his choices in the Middle East. But I’m trying to think of how to bring about the better outcomes. Not voting for Biden makes it more likely Trump wins, and as far as I can tell, no more likely democrats “learn a lesson” (ie didn’t after Nader or Stein).

Trump winning is a horrible outcome for so many reasons. Climate is top of my mind. With no upside. So I make the best chess move I have.

Jackiemauro,
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@rchusid no, I don’t think we’re getting the same horrible results as we could. Things are bad, but they could be much much much worse.

And Nader may have caused a blip in left leaning politicking, but bush did horrific things. Would I trade that blip for the Iraq war? Torture? The complete missed opportunity on climate? No way.

We have got to find a better way to move left than crossing our arms during presidential elections. The upside is too small and the downside far too dire.

Jackiemauro,
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@rchusid oh man. I think it’s really good to be critical of dem politicians. But to believe Biden is worse for Americans and the world than Bush and Cheney were… and to believe the dems will provide a sufficiently strong push back to an emboldened Trump with a more experienced, more loyal set of toadies…

It’s just not reasonable.

Jackiemauro,
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@rchusid i believe you. He also:

  • made the largest investments in climate ever
  • managed a hugely successful vaccination campaign
  • supports trans and women’s rights (eg PUMP act)
  • forgave student debt
  • appointed a strongly anti-monopoly head to the ftc who just got rid of non competes and restored net neutrality
  • made it legal for Medicaid to negotiate prices
  • instituted a minimum corporate tax
  • …

These may not impress you, but they are meaningful. Meanwhile…

Jackiemauro,
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@rchusid Trump has the Supreme Court basically declaring himself a king. He refused to leave once, why wouldn’t he be better at it a second time?

He wants to dismantle all environmental regulations. The climate doom we enter without aggressive action in the next 5 years is horrifying, much less what will happen if we move backwards.

He wants a national abortion ban. More pregnant people dying and being disabled. Think they’ll honor the filibuster to avoid that? I wouldn’t bet my life on it.

mekkaokereke, to random
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Again for people (racists), complaining about falling birth rates:

The birth rate for women over 40 is not falling. The birth rate for women over 30 is not falling.

What's happening, is girls 15 to 17 are having fewer babies. Kids are having fewer kids.

Also, this is an interesting way of saying that "Teen pregnancy is down, due to sex education and contraception."

In 1991 25% of 15 year olds gave birth before they turned 21. That's bad. Now it's 6%. That's better.

https://npr.org/2023/01/08/1147737247/teen-pregnancy-rates-have-declined-significantly

Jackiemauro,
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@mekkaokereke you can’t have a birth rate crisis and a border crisis at the same time. Unless you’re racist. So…

D_J_Nathanson, to random
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It’s !

When cops ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and then STFU:

  • I am not discussing how I’m doing or where I’m going.

  • Am I free to leave?🧵

  • I am not answering any questions.

  • If they ask to search anything: "I do not consent to a search."

  • I want to speak to a lawyer.

Cops are only REQUIRED to give you Miranda warnings if you are “in custody.” “Not free to go” is an oversimplification.

Remember you can always invoke your rights even when you aren’t in custody.🧵

Joey from the TV show Friends banging the kitchen table and yelling, "I WANNA GOOOOOOOOO"

Jackiemauro,
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@D_J_Nathanson what about if a cop comes and say knocks on your door asking if you’ve seen anything? Ok to talk to them or still wait for a lawyer?

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    Jackiemauro,
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    @RickiTarr menopause is FASCINATING. almost no species exhibit it (no matter how long they live.) it’s like us, orcas, some weird moles or something? People think it’s basically so that older matriarchs could care for their grandchildren without competing with them.

    Doesn’t mean it’s fun. But it is an evolved strategy that points to communal, intergenerational child rearing as a key to our success!

    GottaLaff, to legal
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    🧵starts HERE. 1/…

    Via Klasfeld:

    Trump entered the courtroom in his usual slow stroll and perturbed disposition.

    He let out a slight exhale as he reached the defense table before sitting down.
    Present in the gallery again today:

    Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn.

    Jackiemauro,
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    @GottaLaff I know I’m on the outside and very biased, but this line of question doesn’t seem super successful at this point? Am I wrong in that?

    zackwhittaker, to random
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    Once in awhile, and it's becoming more frequent, someone emails me to ask why some very bad privacy practice — like sharing someone's sensitive search terms on a medical provider's website with third-party advertisers — is allowed to happen or isn't illegal.

    Elect better lawmakers, and demand better from them. That's it. Nothing will change until lawmakers start serving the interests of their electorate and not the big tech giants that fund their political campaigns.

    Jackiemauro,
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    @zackwhittaker or! Become that lawmaker!!

    Jackiemauro, to random
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    We all know, the less you hold powerful people to account, the better they behave!

    The less you constrain their actions, the more they control themselves for the common good.

    Obviously.

    Jackiemauro, to MountainBiking
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    I biked from noe to the conservatory of flowers today with the kid on the back and HOT DAMN it was honestly one of the most incredible experiences of my life.

    Gorgeous gorgeous day. Got to ride up Page , which is just so lovely. Then down which is honest to good one of the most beautiful promenades on the planet right now. There was art! There was nature! There was community!

    God, you can really show off when you want to.

    Jackiemauro, to SanFrancisco
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    Saw this map of a hypothetical gondola system in and cannot get it out of my head. Imagine how gorgeous this would be!!

    https://burritojustice.github.io/sf-gondola-map/

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