9-9 misc

The chickens and ducks are providing more than enough for our use.  Not enough to give them away again yet, but it's very promising.

So what is for breakfast?   Bacon, Onion, and Gruyere frittata.  That will use a dozen eggs, and feed 4 people, two of which are bottomless teenagers.

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'Net Approval' is how polling in Europe is judged.  I had to go look that up, and frankly  it sounds like it makes sense.  The question is, is it the ONLY thing about Europe that makes sense?

Grok:

"Net approval is a simple way to measure how much people like or dislike a political leader, like Keir Starmer, based on public opinion polls. It’s calculated by taking the percentage of people who have a favorable (positive) opinion of the leader and subtracting the percentage who have an unfavorable (negative) opinion.

In Layman’s Terms: - Imagine a poll asks 1,000 people, “Do you approve of Keir Starmer as Prime Minister?” They can answer “yes” (favorable), “no” (unfavorable), or sometimes “don’t know.” - If 30% of people say they approve (positive), and 70% say they disapprove (negative), you do this math: - Net approval = Positive % − Negative % - Net approval = 30% − 70% = -40% - A negative number (like -40%) means more people dislike the leader than like them. A positive number would mean more people like them than dislike them. Why It’s Used: It’s a quick way to summarize public opinion without getting into too many details. Instead of saying “30% approve, 70% disapprove,” net approval boils it down to one number (-40%) to show the overall balance of sentiment. It’s especially common in the UK for tracking leaders’ popularity over time. Example: If a poll says Starmer’s net approval is -41%, it means the percentage of people who disapprove of him is 41 points higher than those who approve. So, if 25% approve, about 66% (25 + 41) disapprove, with the rest likely “don’t know.”

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