The True Scope of Trump’s 2016 Electoral Victory — I created this graph four years ago after Trump’s surprise victory, which he declared a “massive landslide.” …

Once you were a different being An empty cup, a hollow ring As endless time had its earthly way You split your hours ’tween work and play You read the tales, you sang the songs Of days to come and the years beyond Now I don’t know what you’ve been told But this…

The Hunt to Identify a City of Yore — My buddy Daniel Spils found an old aerial photo of Seattle and posted it for the hive mind to try to figure out when it might have been taken. I started to identify some streets and landmarks to try to narrow down when it was shot, and here’s what I was able to identify. We narrowed its origin down to between 1929 and 1950, with our best guess being that it was taken during a 1937 survey.

In Memory of Eddie van Halen; or, The Case for Little Guitars — Unpopular opinion, but my fave Van Halen song is “Little Guitars” from the original lineup’s fifth and poorest regarded album, 1982’s Diver Down. …

Debate and Desire in the Time of Conflagration — Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 6:26pm local time Dressing Room B, basement of Kingsbury Hall University of Utah, Salt Lake City Mike Pence, the incumbent Vice President of the United States of America, paces the room furtively, a few beads of sweat clinging to his temples. He’s about to appear in…