It is Ben Carson’s birthday. This photo appears to show staffers at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development gifting their Secretary with a birthday cake, or two.

But something is off about this picture. Why two cakes? Why does that one cake look like that? Why is everyone leaning away? Sloggers, you decide.

Sydney Brownstone writes about the environment, sexual assault, and general news for The Stranger. In 2017, her boss and Pulitzer winner Eli Sanders nominated her coverage of Seattle porn scammer Matt...