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Rhymer Rigby

@rhymerrigby.bsky.social

Journalist (FT, Times, Guardian), author and copywriter. Lives in SE London, with wife, daughters, cats. Likes hipster film photography, cooking, good vibes

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Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · 21h ago

NEW: Democrats have gained control over enough state governments to pass the National Popular Vote Compact and give it a majority of at least 283 electoral votes—13 more than it needs to activate by 2028. My story below explains the path forward for eventually electing the president by popular vote

Map titled “Projected Partisan Control Over State Governments After 2027” from The Downballot. Each state is sized by its 2020 census population and colored by which party controls its government. Full control means the party holds the governorship and legislative majorities. States with divided government where one party holds veto-proof majorities are shown with stripes, since that party has effective control. Population percentages are calculated using 2025 state population estimates. Proportion of population by category: Fully Democratic: 52% Arizona: 2.2% California: 11.5% Colorado: 1.8% Connecticut: 1.1% Delaware: 0.3% Hawaii: 0.4% Illinois: 3.7% Maine: 0.4% Maryland: 1.8% Massachusetts: 2.1% Michigan: 3.0% Minnesota: 1.7% Nevada: 1.0% New Jersey: 2.8% New Mexico: 0.6% New York: 5.9% Oregon: 1.3% Pennsylvania: 3.8% Rhode Island: 0.3% Virginia: 2.6% Washington: 2.3% Wisconsin: 1.8% Democratic veto-proof majorities with Republican governor: 0.2% Vermont: 0.2% Divided Government: 22% Alaska: 0.2% Georgia: 3.3% Iowa: 0.9% Kansas: 0.9% New Hampshire: 0.4% North Carolina: 3.3% Ohio: 3.5% Texas: 9.3% Republican veto-proof majorities with Democratic governor: 1% Kentucky: 1.4% Fully Republican: 24% Alabama: 1.5% Arkansas: 0.9% Florida: 6.9% Idaho: 0.6% Indiana: 2.0% Louisiana: 1.4% Mississippi: 0.9% Missouri: 1.8% Montana: 0.3% Nebraska: 0.6% North Dakota: 0.2% Oklahoma: 1.2% South Carolina: 1.6% South Dakota: 0.3% Tennessee: 2.1% Utah: 1.0% West Virginia: 0.5% Wyoming: 0.2%
Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · 3d ago

NEW: The 2026 elections could lead to enough states passing the National Popular Vote Compact for the Electoral College to activate it by 2028. Dems have already passed it everywhere they can—adding a few more states could give it a majority of electoral votes www.the-downballot.com/p/how-tuesda...

Map titled "Hypothetical Path to Activating the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact," with the subtitle "How the compact could obtain a majority of Electoral College votes by 2028." It is a stylized map of the United States in which each state is labeled with its number of electoral votes. States are shaded in three colors: green for current members, yellow for states possible by 2028, and gray for states unlikely to join. A note on the map says the compact would take effect once states with at least 270 of the 538 electoral votes join. Current members and the states possible by 2028 together hold 290 electoral votes. Current members (222 electoral votes): California: 54 Colorado: 10 Connecticut: 7 Delaware: 3 District of Columbia: 3 Hawaii: 4 Illinois: 19 Maine: 4 Maryland: 10 Massachusetts: 11 Minnesota: 10 New Jersey: 14 New Mexico: 5 New York: 28 Oregon: 8 Rhode Island: 4 Vermont: 3 Virginia: 13 Washington: 12 Possible new members by 2028 (68 electoral votes): Alaska: 3 Arizona: 11 Michigan: 15 Nevada: 6 New Hampshire: 4 Pennsylvania: 19 Wisconsin: 10 States unlikely to join (248 electoral votes): Alabama: 9 Arkansas: 6 Florida: 30 Georgia: 16 Idaho: 4 Indiana: 11 Iowa: 6 Kansas: 6 Kentucky: 8 Louisiana: 8 Mississippi: 6 Missouri: 10 Montana: 4 Nebraska: 5 North Carolina: 16 North Dakota: 3 Ohio: 17 Oklahoma: 7 South Carolina: 9 South Dakota: 3 Tennessee: 11 Texas: 40 Utah: 6 West Virginia: 4 Wyoming: 3 Footer: "States are sized and labeled based on their total electoral votes. Files available at https://the-db.co/data." Source: The Downballot.
Morgan Johnson@poormojo.bsky.social · 2d ago

An author that I made five covers for in a series used ai to clone my style and generate a sixth cover. This is the third time this happened to me this month with long-term clients. I am sick with rage

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3d ago

Norway is the only nation on earth with a massive oil reserve and no endemic corruption problem attached to it. How can we explain this? Actually, political scientists have studied this question and offer one sole explanation: the Lutheran Church.

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Katie Martin@katie0martin.ft.com · 3d ago

this is fine obv "Between 2021 and 2025, 28.7% of AI firms’ investment deals (by deal value) involved a target company that was also an AI firm, while 55.2% of incoming investments in AI firms came from other AI firms." www.bis.org/publications...

Circular relationships among AI firms | Bank for International Settlements

Between 2021 and 2025, 28.7% of artificial intelligence (AI) firms’ investment deals (by deal value) involved a target company that was also an AI firm, while 55.2% of incoming investments in AI firms...

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Rhymer Rigby@rhymerrigby.bsky.social · 3d ago

PLOT TWIST: their next move is to start complaining to the council about that noise the theatre makes... Loadsacash Bash! Traitors winner's family are so rich they bought flat next to his theatre mol.im/a/16255655 via dailym.ai/android

Loadsacash Bash! Family so rich they bought a flat next to his theatre

When Sebastian Croft was named as part of this year's star-studded Celebrity Traitors line-up, fans could be forgiven for underestimating him. After all, most had no idea who he was.

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