Can you help me understand why the distance between the power source and the load impacts how long it would take to turn on? I remember a video a while back (veritasium maybe?) that explained it like metaphorically pushing/pulling a chain inside the wire, but why would distance to the source impact this?

The Behind the Bastards podcast covered Jack Welch, definitely worth a listen.

Four words!

I don’t think I’ve seen a bagger in a decade, maybe it’s a regional thing?

That’s how the minimum age for purchasing tobacco used to work in the US; if states wanted a specific chunk of federal funding, their minimum age had to be set to at least 18.

From the fonts I’d guess NYT

Edit: other comments are saying Washington Post

Dat Fibonacci

There’s a great behind the bastards podcast episode about this guy!