We're live, talking about the Georgia Senate election results and more with @AmandaBecker, @AndraGillespie and @beckerdavidj.

@AmandaBecker @AndraGillespie @beckerdavidj "Ossoff did a little worse than Warnock in many counties, and it just seems Warnock picked up a few more votes ... it's really granular," and it will be a while before we can tell why there's a difference, says @AndraGillespie.
@AmandaBecker @AndraGillespie @beckerdavidj "I don't see how [Trump saying votes don't matter] is a message that will energize your voters to get out there and vote, and I think that hurt Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue," says Amanda
@AmandaBecker @AndraGillespie @beckerdavidj "We could do a story on voter fraud, but it would be a very short story. It has been investigated extensively... and evidence of voter fraud is very close to zero," says @beckerdavidj.
@AmandaBecker @AndraGillespie @beckerdavidj Gabriel Sterling, a top Republican GA elections administrator, told CNN that the loss will "fall squarely on the shoulders of President Trump and his actions since Nov. 3rd … When you tell people their vote doesn’t count, they believe that." https://t.co/0iAfD9DovX
@AmandaBecker @AndraGillespie @beckerdavidj "All 50 states have submitted certified election results... and what's supposed to happen today is basically an awards ceremony, you open up the envelopes and read the votes, which we already know," says @beckerdavidj.
@AmandaBecker @AndraGillespie @beckerdavidj "[Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell knew] this was a slippery slope to go down," says @AmandaBecker of the senators objecting to President-Elect Biden's win today. "I think he knows it was not a winning political road to take for Republicans and he tried to stop it."
@AmandaBecker @AndraGillespie @beckerdavidj "The vice president's role in today's joint session is entirely ceremonial," says @beckerdavidj.
@AmandaBecker @AndraGillespie @beckerdavidj "I think the divide within the GOP is only growing bigger right now," says @AmandaBecker. "No one knows what the party will look like in two or four years and how long Trump's imprint will linger."
@AmandaBecker @AndraGillespie @beckerdavidj "This was the most secure and transparent election in history," says @beckerdavidj. He adds, it's always a good idea to improve the system to encourage voter confidence.

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The first ever world map was sketched thousands of years ago by Indian saint
“Ramanujacharya” who simply translated the following verse from Mahabharat and gave the world its real face

In Mahabharat,it is described how 'Maharishi Ved Vyasa' gave away his divine vision to Sanjay


Dhritarashtra's charioteer so that he could describe him the events of the upcoming war.

But, even before questions of war could begin, Dhritarashtra asked him to describe how the world looks like from space.

This is how he described the face of the world:

सुदर्शनं प्रवक्ष्यामि द्वीपं तु कुरुनन्दन। परिमण्डलो महाराज द्वीपोऽसौ चक्रसंस्थितः॥
यथा हि पुरुषः पश्येदादर्शे मुखमात्मनः। एवं सुदर्शनद्वीपो दृश्यते चन्द्रमण्डले॥ द्विरंशे पिप्पलस्तत्र द्विरंशे च शशो महान्।

—वेद व्यास, भीष्म पर्व, महाभारत


Meaning:-

हे कुरुनन्दन ! सुदर्शन नामक यह द्वीप चक्र की भाँति गोलाकार स्थित है, जैसे पुरुष दर्पण में अपना मुख देखता है, उसी प्रकार यह द्वीप चन्द्रमण्डल में दिखायी देता है। इसके दो अंशो मे पीपल और दो अंशो मे विशाल शश (खरगोश) दिखायी देता है।


Meaning: "Just like a man sees his face in the mirror, so does the Earth appears in the Universe. In the first part you see leaves of the Peepal Tree, and in the next part you see a Rabbit."

Based on this shloka, Saint Ramanujacharya sketched out the map, but the world laughed