Ian S. Patton

Southern California political consultant

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

The EU should begin drafting an accession treaty now, as a sign of intent to Ukraine’s war-weary people as well as to investors who will fund its post-war reconstruction https://t.co/wV6sbQFlZx

[Rob Pyers @rpyers]

Progressive Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang is now ahead of #CA07 incumbent Democrat Doris Matsui

[Paul Mitchell @paulmitche11]

For those wondering why the late votes in LA were not only breaking more Democratic, but also more @nithyavraman, check out the second chart from @Political_Data tracker showing how young these later processed ballots were. https://t.co/577vV13sWS

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The most expensive taxpayer funded nap #NBAFinals

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

The Pan-American Highway, the world’s longest road, measures about 30,000 kilometers in length and passes through many diverse climates and ecological types.

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

Horses may have been replaced by cars on the roads, but the words are actually (distantly) related.

Map by nkiserpuebio

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

Map of Catholicism worldwide.

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Detail of a Late Archaic kylix (drinking cup), about 510-500 BC. Period: Archaic Greek: 'An octopus hiding from a fisherman.'

According to Aristotle, an octopus would gather crustaceans, eat their meat, and throw the shells and small fish remains outside its den. For a fisherman, these scraps were telltale signs that gave away the creature's underwater hiding spot. That's why hunting an octopus was different from catching a fish swimming out in the open. It wasn't enough to just spot the prey. You had to know exactly which crevice along the rocky shore was occupied, which hole had shells piling up in front of it, and exactly where to wait.

Also, there isn't just a single catch in the scene. The fish on the line is one catch, and the octopus is another.

The kylix was used in Ancient Greek symposia. A symposium was a gathering where men reclined to drink wine, talk, and have fun. The tondo inside the kylix - its circular central area - would slowly appear as the wine was drunk. The scene would fully emerge as the drinker emptied the cup. There isn't a grand mythological event here. No heroes, battles, gods, or ceremonies. Instead, the painter chose an everyday task: a young figure fishing / hunting for an octopus.

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

Map of Briton George Meegan’s 30,608 km walk from South America to North America; it took him 2,425 days from 1977-1983

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

Alaska and the 48th states in a newspaper from when Alaska gained statehood, 1959.

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

The United States - ALL of it

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

Here’s the longest possible train journey in the world.

[Ian S. Patton @ispatton]

but here’s the thing, California.. if you make it LOOK crooked, it’s almost as bad as it actually being crooked

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

Speaker Johnson, like Trump, sowing doubts on CA results.

I asked him about any evidence to back up their claims

“Some of these efforts are so diabolical and so far upstream it is impossible to prove,” he said. “But think everybody knows instinctively something is wrong here.”

[Manu Raju @mkraju]

Speaker Johnson, like Trump, sowing doubts on CA results.

I asked him about any evidence to back up their claims

“Some of these efforts are so diabolical and so far upstream it is impossible to prove,” he said. “But think everybody knows instinctively something is wrong here.”

[Rob Pyers @rpyers]

Decision Desk HQ calls the 2nd spot in the runoff for Steve Hilton, with Tom Steyer out $216 million for his troubles.

[Rob Pyers @rpyers]

somewhere right now Tom Steyer's political consultants are building a pitch deck for a 2028 run for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors that should cost no more than $50-$75 million.

[Rob Pyers @rpyers]

Between his run for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States and his 2026 run for California governor, Tom Steyer will have spent $557,781,638 for 0 delegates and a 3rd-place primary finish, respectively.

[Rob Pyers @rpyers]

California's worst county elections office posts its first update since election night, blasting through an additional 1,364 votes since election night (up from 5,531 then to 6,895 now), with only another 10,129 to go.

[Rob Pyers @rpyers]

Lake County gotta Lake County.

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Cassidy on Todd Blanche’s nomination as AG:

“I need to know if Todd Blanche is an attorney general who used to be the president's personal attorney, or is he the president's personal attorney who just happens to be attorney general? That kind of summarizes my concerns and what I'll be looking for.”