I went down a rabbit hole about globes and maps recently

Basically, to find the shortest distant between two places on a globe (a ‘straight’ line), imagine a hoop or circle round the earth that cuts it exactly in half, and rotate it until it passes through both places (still cutting it exactly in half)

That’s a great circle.

There are 2d map projections that are built around this, but they only work when one of the locations is at the center of the map. So it could show the shortest distance from, say, London to anywhere with a straight line, but it wouldn’t work for a route not including London

It’s an interesting question (or at least it would be if it wasn’t so traumatically impactful and real)

The Epstein thing is the thing most likely to stick and cause division in the MAGA base

But the fascism stuff is worse, really, at least from a utilitarian standpoint if not morally.

So what’s the best thing to focus messaging on?

I hate that I sound like a political strategist instead of a moral person here, but it is a tough question