Episode 36: Election prediction special
05 Nov
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Episode 36: Election prediction special

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Politics tamfitronics Welcome back to the World Series of Politics! Brandt Iden and Brendan Bussmann are doing some crystal ball-gazing in this week’s Halloween-slash-election special.We’re back from G2E, Brandt is out of his pink suit and we’re getting down to the gritty business of polling, with Harrison Hickman of Hickman Analytics. While the top of the ticket is obviously dominating headlines, for the industry there’s a lot more at stake, especially in the state of misery – sorry, Missouri – where Amendment 2 is on a knife edge.Listen to the World Series of Politics on Apple PodcastsHowever in Virginia, he’s much more bullish on the prospects for a casino in Pittsburg. The make up of the population and the attitudes towards gaming would make that much more of a slam dunk if the question on...
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Why are there so many Australians working for Saudi Arabia’s controversial megacity?
05 Nov
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Why are there so many Australians working for Saudi Arabia’s controversial megacity?

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Politics tamfitronics NEOM, the planned city set to form the crown jewel of Saudi Arabian prince Mohammed bin Salman’s megaproject Vision 2030, has received a lot of help from an unusual source: Australia.Australians appear to be flocking to the Middle Eastern kingdom, with the allure of well-paid, tax-free jobs key to the sales pitch from Saudi Arabia. The Financial Review reports estimates from the Australian Saudi Business Council that more than 10,000 Australians now live in Saudi Arabia, with the figures rising rapidly over recent years.NEOM will be home to a planned 170km long, 500m high and 200m wide mirrored skyscraper which will house a self-sufficient “linear city” dubbed The Line, a planned urban utopia made up of modular communities.As Saudi Arabia’s influence has grown, Australian willingness to criticise the nation for its human rights...
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Twitch introduce mandatory “Politics and Sensitive Social Issues” label, just in time for the US election
05 Nov
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Twitch introduce mandatory “Politics and Sensitive Social Issues” label, just in time for the US election

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Politics tamfitronics It "could bring new advertisers to our service" Twitch have introduced a new "Politics and Sensitive Social Issues" label for streams that "focus" on topics like "elections, civic integrity, and war or military conflict". As with the streaming giant's existing labels for M-rated material, sexual themes or depictions of gambling, the idea is that viewers can filter out such streams in advance by altering their settings.Advertisers, similarly, can "make better choices about the content they want to advertise next to"...
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The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror Spoofs Divisiveness with Kaiju
05 Nov
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The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror Spoofs Divisiveness with Kaiju

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Politics tamfitronics The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror Spoofs Divisiveness with Kaiju by Danica Davidson November 4, 2024 Last night The Simpsons aired its yearly “Treehouse of Horror” special, and once again it included nods to otaku interests. The first story segment, titled “Information Rage” and written by Rob LaZebnik, spoofs American politics in the form of giant fighting kaiju.It begins when Lisa inadvertently starts a culture war in Springfield because of her support for LED lights. Anger among the townspeople leads to a giant red kaiju that comes out of...
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