Day 4,223: Grind

I learned today that both John Adams—the second president of the United States—and Thomas Jefferson—the third—died on the same day, the same year…the 4th of July, 1826. Just the first bit of that factoid is remarkable given how involved the two of them were with each other over the course of their lives, but add in the second bit, that they died on the fourth of July, America’s day of independence, is some remarkable shit.

In other news: HBO was absolutely COOKING in the second half of the au...