The Prehistoric Origins Of The Electoral Map's Blue Swoosh

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THANK GOD FOR JOKES YES, I'M A DOCTOR… OF ELECTION MATH Kanye's Conceited, New Jersey Has Weed, And Other Best Tweets Of The Week digg.com Because this week has had us all on edge about the election, this week's best tweets are about precisely that. Enjoy? LAUGH TO HIDE THE TEARS Are We Ready For A Romantic Comedy Set In The Trump Administration? slate.com A book is out about a young woman whose job in the White House is taping back together documents the president has torn up so the administration can get work done. Too soon, or just right? MOTHERLOAD I Got Through This Election Cycle By Making Toilet Wine melmagazine.com Okay, I didn't actually make the "Brewsy" home booze kit wine in the toilet. But with the whole country still in the sh*tter, it technically counts. AUTOTECH WE DIGG | SPONSORED Is Your Car Driven Less Than 32.88 Miles A Day? auto.everquote.com Driving less could mean big savings. Compare rates today before you get back on the road again. PICTURE THIS A Fake Paris In China, And Other Best Photography Of The Week digg.com A side-by-side comparison of the real Paris and a fake one in China, as well as photos of children growing up in rural Ohio. EDITOR'S PICK THE SECRET OF THE SWOOSH This Twitter Thread Reveals The Prehistoric Origins Of The Southern Blue Swoosh On The Electoral Map digg.com If you look at maps of US presidential election results by county over the past 40 years, you'll notice a consistent pattern throughout Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South and North Carolina: a blue swoosh. Latif Nasser traces the roots of this phenomenon back over 100 million years in a viral Twitter thread. ANTIHEROES OF THE HOUR READ THE ROOM The Gap's Cringeworthy Attempt To Bring America Together, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character' digg.com This week's characters include a scientist who shared a poorly received cartoon, a woman using the election to poke fun at her murder trial, a retail company failing to read the room and an overly enthusiastic spiritual advisor. WHAT'S IN A NAME? In Letter To Jeff Bezos, Mom Says Alexa Has Ruined Her 6-Year-Old's Life vice.com She claims that her daughter, whose name is Alexa, has been constantly bullied and "treated like a servant" by other kids. ACID FLEX The One Ingredient You Need To Clean The Dishwasher And Four Other Gross Household Items popsci.com Cleaning solutions smell like lemon for a reason. VIDEO OF THE DAY 'I LOVE THIS DUDE' Please Enjoy Leslie Jones Fangirling Over 'Steve Komacki' As He Crushes It During Election Coverage digg.com Like all obsessive election number crunchers, Leslie Jones has Steve Kornacki fever. Even if she doesn't know his exact name. DIGG PICKS | SPONSORED We Love This Weather-Resistant Jacket, And It's The Perfect Time Of Year To Wear It huckberry.com Autumn chills are upon us, and that has us thinking about one of our all-time favorite outerwear finds. This waxed trucker jacket from Flint and Tinder will keep us warm and dry for years to come. FROM THE ARCHIVES AARON AND THE SPIDER The Hungriest Man On Earth (2017) bleacherreport.com Aaron Gibson weighed 480 pounds, but a life of lingering pain — and pill-popping, and the disappointment of the NFL — weighed on him heavier than that. Then came love. Then 30,000 calories a day turned into 1,500 sit-ups — and abs. STAR WOES How Not To Deal With Murder In Space (2020) slate.com Murder will happen in outer space. This 50-year-old death on a now-melted chunk of ice shows how complicated it will get. Get some rest this weekend and count every sheep. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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The States Where Kanye West Received Votes, Why Does Netflix Hate Chicago?, The 'Simpsons' Episode That Changed The Show Forever, Wisconsin And Michigan Changing From Red To Blue, And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked

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YOU'RE HOT AND YOU'RE COLD MIT ME IN THE MIDDLE Mitra Jouhari's Airhead Act thecut.com For the Cut's November 2020 cover story, Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz interviews comedian and writer Mitra Jouhari — an overachieving perfectionist who loves playing the idiot. STOP THE COUNT Wisconsin And Michigan Changing From Red To Blue, And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked digg.com This week, we've got Wisconsin and Michigan changing from red to blue, stop the count, the three branches of government, Fivey from FiveThirtyEight, the electoral map if… and Nevada's slow tally. THE COLD SHOULDER Why Does Netflix Hate Chicago? vulture.com "Holidate," "Emily in Paris," and "The Princess Switch" all make Chicago seem like a bleak, mall-clogged wasteland of Cubs bars and hats that read "Chicago." MORNING BEVS WE DIGG | SPONSORED We Weren't Mad At Coffee, Just Disappointed. So We Made Something Better mudwtr.com MUDWTR is a coffee replacement consisting of 2000 mg of Cali-grown mushrooms: for focus, stamina, stress relief and immune system support. With one-seventh the caffeine of coffee, you get the upside without the jitters or crash. EXIT WEST MONO MEANING ONE AND RAIL MEANING RAIL An Oral History Of 'Marge Vs The Monorail', The Episode That Changed 'The Simpsons' vice.com Transforming the nature of comedy and animation to create perhaps the most successful TV show of all time isn't quite as glamorous or exciting as you might imagine. THE WEST WING The States Where Kanye West Received Votes, Visualized digg.com Kanye West was on the ballot in 12 states and received over 60,000 votes in total. Here are the states that turned out the most for him. CURRENT AFFAIRS Rotten River: Life On One Of The World's Most Polluted Waterways, In Photos theguardian.com The smell is the first thing that hits you on the banks of the Citarum River in West Java, Indonesia. The odour is dense: rubbish rotting in hot sun mixed in with an acrid tone of chemical waste. VIDEO OF THE DAY WHEY THEY GO HIGH, WE GO OHIO Comedian Does A Spot-On Parody Of How Annoying CNN's Election Reporting Has Been For The Last 24 Hours digg.com Michael Kosta, a correspondent for "The Daily Show," did a brilliant play-by-play parody of CNN's frenzied reporting style this election. IN THE NEWS Biden Edges Ahead Of Trump In Georgia As Pennsylvania Race Tightens US Hits A Record 121,000 Daily COVID-19 Cases Twitter Bans Steve Bannon For Video Suggesting Violence Against Fauci, FBI Director Wray Tropical Depression Eta Is Moving Toward Cuba After Leaving More Than 50 Dead In Central America Hillsong Church Pastor Carl Lentz Was Fired: Here's Everything We Know About The Scandal DIGG PICKS | SPONSORED Keep This Emergency Kit With You And Protect Yourself From Germs huckberry.com Now that we're living with COVID-19 as an ongoing issue, it's always wise to have as much protection as possible. This medic pack has five three-ply masks, five pairs of nitrile gloves and five packets of hand sanitizer. FROM THE ARCHIVES 'YOU DON'T FIX IT WITH VACATION' How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation (2019) buzzfeednews.com I couldn't figure out why small, straightforward tasks on my to-do list felt so impossible. The answer is both more complex and far simpler than I expected. MORE THAN A GAME The Most Important Soccer Game Ever Played (2018) theringer.com In 1954, Hungary met West Germany in the World Cup final. What happened next would change both nations, and the sport itself, forever. Good things come to those who wait. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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