Engineer on @googlechrome. Involved in CSS and W3C standards. Previously @mozilla, @w3ctag. Mastodon: @dbaron@w3c.social
Rockville, Maryland, USA
Joined March 2008
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
NHC is monitoring a disturbance that is located east of the Leeward Islands. Environmental conditions are expected to gradually become more conducive for
development over the next several days. More information at hurricanes.gov
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Ped Observations: Meme Weeding: Los Angeles Density pedestrianobservations.com/2…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
WI went to the polls on Tues In droves. The final results of the election though don't fully reflect the will of the people.
Partisan gerrymandering's undemocratic. Tuesday’s results show clear as day just HOW undemocratic.
joshklemons.com/blog/a-democ…
Infographic designed by @BriInWI
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
From @CAFirefighters Pres. Brian Rice: "The president's attack is ill-informed, ill-timed and demeaning to victims and to our #firefighters on the front lines. #CA fire victims need support instead of recrimination and blame." Full statement HERE: bit.ly/2JSvRPC
There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor. Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
From my perspective as a climate scientist, the increasingly profound changes we're bearing witness are a big part of reason why. When you just look at the numbers, sometimes these changes seem subtle, incremental. But on-the-ground reality is that they're anything but. (18/end)
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
We replicated this earlier finding in work earlier this year, finding a large projected "concentration" of California's precipitation into core rainy season months in the heart of winter (at the expense of autumn and spring). (Paper here: rdcu.be/Mmg6) (9/n) #CAfire
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
26,000 voters in heavily Democratic area “skipped” voting in a Senate race that‘s currently separated by a 15,000 vote margin. Officials say the ballots were designed in a way that caused voters to miss the Senate race. In other words, the election was rigged.
Broward County’s undervote rate is *way* out of line with every other county in Florida, which exhibited, at most, a 0.8% difference. 53eig.ht/2zGhEkb
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
As I was writing this piece, it became conventional wisdom that Matthew Whitaker's appointment as acting attorney general is almost certainly illegal. But let me explain why anyway! slate.com/news-and-politics/… @Slate
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Last night, @FiveThirtyEight and then betting markets briefly showed a higher likelihood that the GOP would keep the House. Treasury markets blipped a tiny freakout. There's a GOP risk premium.
ftalphaville.ft.com/2018/11/…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Wisconsin R’s thinking of trying to limit the new Dem governor’s powers before he takes office.
BREAKING: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he is thinking of taking power away from Gov.-elect Tony Evers even before he is sworn in.
This would be done in a lame duck session sometime over the next 2 months.
Senate Majority Ldr. Scott Fitzgerald hasn't said if he is on board.
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They can't *possibly* have an accurate count since the deadline for *postmarking* the ballot was election day (and must arrive by Friday), so many are still in the mail and haven't even arrived yet. sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-r…
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How reliable are these voter turnout estimates? Accurate numbers in California seem hard to know for sure at this point given how many ballots are still in the mail...
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I don't see anything in the ballot initiative's description or summary that it's about permanent DST. The substance of the initiative (and its official description on the ballot and in the voter guide) and its marketing were very different, which makes it a very poor referendum.
Senate results look weird because only 1/3 of the Senate is elected each cycle.
Ds won 21 states, Rs won 9, and 3 still uncalled.
2012: 25D, 8R (being replaced)
2014: 11D, 22R
2016: 12D, 22R
2020 & 2022 have good Senate opportunities for Dems.
Maps at dbaron.org/senate-classes/
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Brian Kemp is currently leading Stacey Abrams by 220,000 votes.
He purged 320,000 people form the Georgia voter rolls.
This is why the GOP does everything it can to disenfranchise and suppress.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
Our current turnout estimate is 114 million votes cast in the House, breaking even our high expectations (we started at 102 iirc) and shattering the turnout of 83 million in 2014
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
I think with a lot of high hopes crashing for Democratic voters in places like Florida and with Beto, there is maybe a drastic underappreciation of how Democratic control of the House will change the course of this country. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a very big deal.
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
BTW our model big board is really good at helping you identifying the upsets
nytimes.com/interactive/2018…
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L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social retweeted
The NYT currently projects a national popular-vote margin of D+9.2%. For comparison, the last five largest margins, considered wave elections:
1994: R+7.1%
2006: D+8.0%
2008: D+10.6%
2010: R+7.2%
2014: R+5.7%
By historical standards, it's a popular wave.
nytimes.com/interactive/2018…
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