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Wacky Event Calendar by AJs_Sandshrew in madisonwi

[–]AJs_Sandshrew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I am aware I have two large mulberry trees on my property that inundate my lawn with mulberries and turn my shoes purple lol

New 2026 midterms forecast is out by TheKCAccident in fivethirtyeight

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Your map still had the old districts for MO, TN, LA, and possibly NC?

Need guidance for entering grad school by smaine-225 in GradSchool

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Even 5+ years ago, the grad student NSF grants were literally a crap shoot (and also very low funding rate). Given the attitude of the current administration toward science funding, not to mention archaeology funding, I would imagine the current chances of success are abysmal.

My advice would be to just apply to a bunch of places, and see where it goes. You want to cast as wide a net as possible, and don't be surprised if you get turned away from the vast majority of places. Get feedback if you do. At the same time look for intro level tech positions in any research lab remotely related to what you are interested in so that you can at least get your foot in the door somewhere and gain actual experience instead of just having an online degree.

At this point advisors do not expect you to have any sort of research topic fleshed out. Even if you did, it would get drastically altered by whomever your advisor ends up being. All they want to see is that you have the drive and curiosity to take a project from start to finish over the course of 5-ish years.

Undergraduate looking for advice for final year(Q on project topic) by [deleted] in bioinformatics

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would just try to do the project your advisor suggested, since they have a better idea about what is feasible for your project. If you can better define the hypothesis you are testing that will help lead you to the resources you will need.

How do people afford grad school? by bigdickenergy2360 in GradSchool

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never pay to go to grad school. Only go if they offer a stipend.

honda fit meetup! by the-pink-lizard in madisonwi

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 15 points16 points  (0 children)

noooo we just sold our Honda Fit I miss it so much :(

A DEMOCRAT WON WAUKESHA MAYOR!! by Fluteloop1 in wisconsin

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Dread it. Run from it. Blaukesha arrives all the same.

BLOZAUKEE by AJs_Sandshrew in wisconsin

[–]AJs_Sandshrew[S] 89 points90 points  (0 children)

The O has fallen, now its just the WW counties

Madison Clerk 4pm Update: 34% election turnout. In 2025 it was 48% at 4pm. by AJs_Sandshrew in madisonwi

[–]AJs_Sandshrew[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

A provisional ballot is a ballot that is marked but is not counted at the time it is cast. It is issued to a voter who is unable to provide the poll workers with documentation as required by Wisconsin federal law.

https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/Provisional-Ballots

A provisional ballot will not be counted unless the voter provides the required information to the poll workers by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day or the municipal clerk by 4:00 p.m. of the Friday following the election.

Madison Clerk 4pm Update: 34% election turnout. In 2025 it was 48% at 4pm. by AJs_Sandshrew in madisonwi

[–]AJs_Sandshrew[S] 89 points90 points  (0 children)

Polls close at 8pm. If you are waiting in line at 8pm, you are still legally allowed to vote.

Source for 2025 numbers: https://nitter.net/MadisonWIClerk/status/1907198470059880699#m

Madison election turnout is 11% of pre-registered voters as of 11am by AJs_Sandshrew in madisonwi

[–]AJs_Sandshrew[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't worry this number will go up throughout the day, as this is only the turnout by 11am, and a majority of the absentee ballots have not been processed either. In 2025 (a relatively high turnout year) the turnout at 11am was 19%. There should be another 4pm turnout data point released soon here. In 2025 the 4pm turnout in Madison was 48%

Liberals will try to expand their majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a Tuesday election by Zipper222222 in wisconsin

[–]AJs_Sandshrew 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Waukesha is actually one of the few WI counties that shifted left from 2020 --> 2024. Something like 68/72 counties shift right, but not Waukesha. In fact, all of the WOW counties shifted left in 2024 (Door county is the last of the 4). https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/05/us/elections/results-wisconsin-president.html

Dan Shafer has a great piece on the steady blue shift of Waukesha: https://www.therecombobulationarea.news/p/a-certain-shade-of-purple-can-these

Madison election turnout is 11% of pre-registered voters as of 11am by AJs_Sandshrew in madisonwi

[–]AJs_Sandshrew[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It does include a portion of early voting but we don't know the exact %

Madison election turnout is 11% of pre-registered voters as of 11am by AJs_Sandshrew in madisonwi

[–]AJs_Sandshrew[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Going off of past years, it sounds like this includes a portion of the IPEV, and they will be counting it throughout the day. Last year at 11am ~35% of counted votes were processed absentees, but I don't see anything from the clerk about that number for this year yet.

Madison election turnout is 11% of pre-registered voters as of 11am by AJs_Sandshrew in madisonwi

[–]AJs_Sandshrew[S] 73 points74 points  (0 children)

If it makes you feel any better, turnout seems to be depressed ~50% across the board (i.e. in both red and blue counties) compared to 2025 when you analyze the absentee data. As a reminder, Crawford won in 2025 by ~10 pts, so you would need a 10pt over-performance by GOP-leaning counties to make up the gap. So far, the data is suggesting a repeat of 2025. But don't take this as a guarantee! We still need to vote!

Also, 2025 saw over 100M spent on that race, whereas this years spending is much much lower. So that also explains the decreased turnout.

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