Explaining Tweets and the Controversy of the "Loss" Comic Strip

TLDR Alex Goldman and PJ Boat discuss various tweets, including one about the electoral map based on different criteria, and the controversy surrounding the "Loss" comic strip. Additionally, a family's pet tortoise named Flash has gone missing and they are seeking help to find him.

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00:00 Alex Goldman and PJ Boat explain tweets to their boss, Alex Bloomberg, in the segment "Yes, Yes, No," and in this particular episode, they discuss a tweet by a user named anime dad that features a black and white map of the United States with only a few states colored in red or blue, and the tweet asks what it would look like if only Tim Buckley voted in the election.
04:42 In this section, Alex Goldman and PJ Boat discuss a tweet by Nate Silver that shows what the electoral map would look like if only women or only men voted, and they also mention other tweets that show humorous versions of the electoral map based on different criteria.
08:02 In this section, Alex Goldman and PJ Boat discuss a tweet about what the electoral map would look like if Tim Buckley voted in the election, and they explain the pattern of red and blue states in the map.
12:05 In this section, Alex Goldman and PJ Boat discuss a comic strip called "Loss" that caused controversy on the internet due to its tonal shift and the use of a female character as emotional motivation for a male character.
16:15 The internet started making endless parodies of the "Loss" comic strip, using different characters and objects to recreate the positions of the original characters.
20:12 The internet began mocking the "Loss" comic strip by replacing the figures in the boxes with other figures, gradually becoming more abstract, and eventually resulting in the representation of the strip with just one thing and then two things arranged differently.
24:44 A family's pet tortoise, named Flash, has escaped after being their pet for 36 years, and they are hoping for his safe return.
30:29 The reporter visits the Sonoma County Reptile Rescue to drop off the tortoise and speak with the director about Flash.
35:07 Flash the tortoise has been missing since September 8th and if you have any information about his whereabouts, please email tortoise at gimletmedia.com.

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