It does, but that may not necessarily be a bad thing. It largely depends on what the overall dataset looks like.

It’s not unusual to tweak your dataset in response to certain biases, especially if there is a known bias at play (for example, I’ve actually met plenty of parents who keep having kids hoping for a boy/girl, and then stop once they get what they initially wanted. As creepy and weird as that is to me, it’s definitely a thing).

This does seem a bit blunt of an approach, however. I would’ve preferred a survey question as part of data collection where parents are asked if they were “trying” for one sex over another, if they wanted “one of each”, etc etc., and then using that info to weight the data.

But without reading the article myself, my assumption is they just used a readily available dataset (such as medical records) rather than recruit participants directly. But I could be wrong, didn’t read it after all.

Was that from Bluesky or somewhere else?

Depends on what you mean by “much”? I’d argue the Democrats, on the whole, are liberals, not fascists.

I’d certainly prefer progressives and leftists though.

The support for Israel whole they genocide Palestine, thought… ugh. That can certainly be viewed as fascism, although where you draw the distinction between fascism and imperialism is up for debate. Not that imperialism is good either, just saying.

That about sums it up.

I’ll vote Democrat as long as the alternative is fascism.

But fuck me, I’d love to vote for something else. And I’ll be honest, I have no idea how we get anything better.

I hear people saying to organize, but I can’t even imagine what that takes. I wonder if most Americans feel as helpless as I do in the face of this absolute bullshit.