The Prehistoric Origins Of The Electoral Map's Blue Swoosh

Please Enjoy Leslie Jones Fangirling Over Steve Kornacki As He Crushes It During Election Coverage, Are We Ready For A Romantic Comedy Set In The Trump Administration?, The Gap's Cringeworthy Attempt To Bring America Together And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'

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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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