More on Ranked Choice Voting: Results from Maine 2018 and an educational video series

Ranked Choice Voting update:

Sore Loser Loses Again': Federal Judge Rejects GOP Lawsuit, Defends Mainers' Right to Ranked Choice Voting

The Republican got a few more votes than the Democrat, but not a majority. So ranked-choice voting kicked in and the two minor parties' voters second choices were overwhelmingly for the Democrat and he won.

The Republican then sued, to no avail. Full story if you want it ...

On to the best educational series I've seen: Politics in the Animal Kingdom by C. G. P. Grey ... Enjoy!

David Cameron's memoir is coming out, and his "fans" can't wait

Here he is, the man, the legend:

He has a book coming out: his memoir. The comments when this was announced:

• "The audiobook version should just have the sound of sobbing."
• "I presume the hardback version should be released without a spine."

... and more. Original from the New York Times ...

USPS receives UPS and FedEx packages, but NO HURRY!

The US Postal Service has been accepting UPS and FedEx packages for a while now, but my wife and I had never tried anything time-critical. We did on Friday, asking for a title company to send a UPS overnight package for Saturday delivery.

I first checked in at 9:30 or so; the envelope wasn't in my box. They said normal delivery was around 1pm, so I got back 1:30 ...

The person on that trip said they get so many envelopes and UPS packages on Saturday that they can't get them all sorted  and placed in boxes ... until Monday a.m.

I'm going back then, but let this be a warning ... don't expect timeliness on any UPS or FedEx envelope or package going to your PO Box!

Radiolab missing "Bliss" segment available here now!

Radiolab recently reran a 2012 segment entitled "Bliss" ... but without the final segment on psilocybin included!

I emailed Radiolab about this a couple of months ago and they finally responded with a link to the missing segment, and here it is:


My only remaining question: why cut this segment? I'm waiting on Radiolab's response to this question ... in the meantime, enjoy!