Wow! Yesterday, the WaPo came down hard on New York's mayor-elect:Mamdani ran an upbeat campaign, with a nice-guy demeanor and perpetual smile papering over a long history of divisive and demagogic s… (View Post)

Off topic: Just learned of the death -- and life -- of Anthony Grey. Who seems to have been a tough -- and very, uh, entertaining -- journalist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Grey (View Post)

Sandpit said: "People outside the US simply cannot fathom how it could take more than 48 hours to count votes in an election, even with postal votes." As is so often true, it depends on the… (View Post)

Off topic, but this Seattle quirk may amuse some of you:Seattle elections are known to see big leftward swings in later vote counts — and that's largely because younger, more progressive voters tend … (View Post)

On charging places: On Tuesday morning, I visited a local "hypermarket", a Fred Meyer's. They have had, for more than a year 12 Tesla charging stations. (They have also had, for longer, a c… (View Post)