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A handfull of follow -ups before our long winter's hiatus! Executioner Clown Frog: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40675238 https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?taxonCode=t-11139538 Tungara Frog: https://www.dinacon.org/2019/09/11/laser-tungara-frog-synth/ Cognitive Exhaustion: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-mental-exhaustion-changes-the-choices-you-make/ Moon Boom: Elon Musk SpaceX Rocket Is Set To Crash Into the Moon—What You Need To Know - Newsweek See Priv...

What's your sandwich? https://cupofjo.com/2026/07/22/what-would-be-on-your-larry-david-sandwich/ Rich People Ice: https://lamaterial.com/p/luxury-ice-imported-japan-la Balloons: https://flagcityballoonfest.com/balloons/ Earth goo: https://www.quantamagazine.org/earths-core-appears-to-be-leaking-up-and-out-of-earths-surface-20250804/ Writing is hard because you're a caveman: https://lithub.com/why-writing-feels-so-hard-and-how-to-make-it-easier/ The music that Finlay made Joe listen to:...

New emojis! https://jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/why-do-some-new-emoji-look-familiar The two sides of Chinese Innovation: https://youtube.com/shorts/0FMipboN2qQ?si=h8Za238okBJA8qy_ https://youtu.be/vRjGVS1FIwk?si=yKt5uo7gMb2hcdr8 The Sky Mouse: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec8347 AI Stupid and Bad: https://www.404media.co/ai-fiction-is-easy-to-detect-because-its-stupid-and-bad-research-finds/?ref=the-abstract-newsletter The Dude with the Books: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/...

Goodbye Wally! Book culling! Cold plunge! Congrats, Dale! LARP U.S.A.! Roller Derby Facts! Spoon Report! Meat Shower?? Wally: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/wally-funk-trailblazing-pilot-and-astronaut-passes-away-at-87 Book Culling: https://lithub.com/how-and-why-to-cull-your-book-collection/ Cold Plunge: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/magazine/cold-plunge-fix.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wFA.AHQn.AMSie9IN3Bkv Meat Shower: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles...

Malmesbury Batman! Fixed Egg Pool Begone! Ha Ha Ford. Ocean Plant Facts! Polish Knives! Mummy Bread! Smart fish! Leopard/Jaguar/Panther! let the Rubin drama commence! Eilmer of Malmesbury: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/did-a-medieval-flying-monk-spot-halleys-comet-twice-its-complicated/ Eggs: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-biological-dogma-that-women-dont-make-new-eggs-after-birth-may-be-wrong/ Ford hates humans: https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ford-ai-automation-...

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El Godzilla! El Aliens! El Fungus! Geeeeeese! Emuuuuuu! Tybalt the Mad. Colorado Colorado-ing. Mystery cat! Seahorse dance! Frauen auf Bäumen! Godzilla: https://www.science.org/content/article/el-nino-has-begun-it-may-become-strongest-century New alien rules: https://www.science.org/content/article/if-scientists-discover-aliens-they-have-plan-disclosure-day Fungi Map: https://a-hidden-infrastructure.spun.earth/map#2.33/43.2134/109.2247 Barnacle Goose: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYfgp...

The Norwegians are coming! Satisficiers! De-enhance your games! Smarty bees! Artificial ears! Jack in the green! Moosup! Neuron speed! CERN update! Manhattants! Condors! Great big bunnies! Flying beavers! Poetry corner! Norway world cup team: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7333438/2026/06/04/norway-world-cup-viking-photo/ Maximizers: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/opinion/decision-making-herbert-simon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l1A.YIhI.v7aFNO1-K6RQ Enhanced games: https://sports.yah...

Tyrants! Little blue guy! Undersea Muppets! That's not your dog, Tom. Acorn! Black frogs, blue dogs. Invisible book talk. Frog sounds? Poetry corner. Observatory antics! Colorado?! Caedmon's Hymn. Unsustainable tyrants: https://www.noemamag.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-petty-tyrants/ Little blue guy: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tiny-alien-like-blue-octopus-discovered-lurking-off-the-galapagos-islands/ https://youtu.be/174YABPY238?si=zEmsxw41iHfkhy1U S. Snuffleupagus: https://www.s...

Moose Lick! Moose Jaw! Renewable roundup! Smithsonian: Origins. Cannibal: The Cafeteria! Spiderviper! Windy mountain! Slingerland! Poetry corner! Feet?! Requiem for a Troll. Colorado Cannibal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Packer Smithsonian: https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/factsheets/brief-history-smithsonian-institution Sodium battery: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/catl-sodium-ion-battery-aims-to-improve-ev-winter-range-loss/ Geothermal energy: https://reasonstobecheerful.worl...

Immortal honey. The Icelandic fishing miracle. Lunar gold rush. Attacking Joe specifically. Jellyfish too big. Brazilian dinos. High drama in the orchestra. Scratch: Origins. Viking nothing. Your attention is fine. Cursive v Joe: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/cursive-clubs-students.html Famous signatures: https://www.taminoautographs.com/blogs/autograph-blog/famous-signatures-top-100-celebrity-signatures-in-history?srsltid=AfmBOor127NdSbljO7iqgw0s1zzETJvUZu01MJBA2oRL2kFYBmJb3mZL Atten...

Tracy Arm Fjord! Not that boring! Similes! American Tea! Octofeet! Steve! Tybalt reports in! Prose corner? Saja! The Forks! Happy birthday to the OG animal interest haver! Comparisons: https://pudding.cool/2026/05/similes/ Boring conversations: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1123175 Sir David: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/david-attenborough-celebrates-his-100th-birthday/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TJaNDBI87s Yaupon Tea: https://catspringtea.com/blogs/yaupon...

Oops! All Kids! Popedrop! Smoking on the Whitehouse roof. Jesus Christ Frog. Your name in land. Believe? What are words? Tales of Typography. Clowncat. Thumbs up: An Investigation. What to do while making monsters. Poperave: https://youtu.be/XJuT27G5QEc?si=xiH2TKdc0xNNN1YO Dead frog/Alive frog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLPeehsXAr4 Your Name in Landsat: https://science.nasa.gov/specials/your-name-in-landsat/ Fireball reporter: https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo/report_intr...

Movie Bracket! Shakespeare nerds, this is your episode! Cuthulhu real. D'Artagnan: dead. Frogs: mini. Sky: synthed. Horseblood! Poetry corner! Chirps! Van Buren?!?! Warm spots in a cold universe. Film Bracket: https://lithub.com/and-the-best-literary-film-adaptation-of-the-last-50-years-is/ Shakespeare List: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/ng-interactive/2026/apr/22/every-shakespeare-play-ranked-lear-antony-cleopatra-hamlet The Majestic Giant Octopus: https://www.scientificamerican.com/art...

Zeus Loose! Wild Spanish Horses! Wings: Good. The Lonely Lystrosaurus. I, Naturalist. Advice corner with Finlay. Bird mob! Mistletoe: Maligned. Lemon/Lemun. Sabotage! More tests! Risograph! Zeus on the Loose: https://youtu.be/-uHhzCTVV7E?si=KyWxh7XRxAnX04Al Brand New Spanish Horses: https://youtu.be/2puOUHPivH8?si=AXgpuZUfyDlngnUt Why Birds: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/why-birds-were-the-only-dinosaurs-to-survive-earths-worst-day/ Egg Laying Mammals: https://www.sc...

Inge Lehmann forever. Spaceward tungstan shotgun! Worst Salt Lake? Poisonous confidence! We celebrate the horse girls. Breathing bees! The deepening mystery of the prototaxites. The sperm whale miracle! Negative ions: the real and the influenced. To the moon again, despite it all. Inge Lehmann: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inge-lehmann-and-earths-deepest-secret/ Pulverize it!: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-a-bold-plan-to-pulverize-an-earth-bound-asteroid/ G...

Simulation? He thrusts his fists and makes less posts and still insists this video roasts. Subscription fatigue. Green space, less crime. Palm trees defeated? Mid-tier cetaceans. I'r a bird, it's a plane, it's Steve. House Hippo. Catch you on the Aztec TL. Typewritten. Dolphin and whales head back home: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12052-009-0135-2?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExUzk2SDNaVXc4bVducmY3M3NydGMGYXBwX2lkDzUxNDc3MTU2OTIyODA2MQABHuQQA2l_n4gONEVbzo5aLSxG-lYmro-q-jp_zL4u...

Meteors! Lightning! Moon! Kitten! Poop! Purple! Dolphins! Descartes! Turkeys! Tinnitus! Newfoundland! Typos! Meteors embiggening: https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-say-recent-rash-of-meteor-sightings-warrants-serious-investigation-2000738638?utm_source=DamnInteresting Crazy lightning article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/04/lightning-strike-survivors-body-mind/686057/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ-X29a3sQP9dT9t6OaO3vMk Magnetic safe zone on the moon: https://www.scientificamerican....

Sorry about Joe's Crappy Mic. It's not Rich's fault. Coffee: Same. Moon: Mysterious. Kids: Fine. Phone: poems. Muppets: Good. Mummen: Shantz. Americans: Canadians. Moon: Safe. Horse: named. Cheese: riotous. Seizures: bad. Molly: guarded. Girl Scouts: innovating. The Coffee Shop: https://theconversation.com/indie-coffee-shops-are-meant-to-counter-corporate-behemoths-like-starbucks-so-why-do-they-all-look-the-same-275746?utm_source=DamnInteresting Howtown Moon Video: https://youtu.be/ghW7BEC0...

Vera! Maya! Chickpeas! Danish doorbell! Trolls! Sad mice! Mad bear! Deep ocean! Uncle Bob! Big syringes! Universe 25: https://www.the-scientist.com/universe-25-experiment-69941 Librarians: https://lithub.com/8-badass-librarians-we-need-to-celebrate-this-international-womens-day/ The 85% Rule: https://medium.com/swlh/85-percent-rule-a4a9c80b96bf Canadian KitKats: https://www.narcity.com/why-kitkat-taste-different-in-canada-us-shocked-try-it Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Mu...

Achoo! Cueiform O'Clock! Tortoise: Back. New weird guy. Executioner clown frog?! Four eyed opossums! Polar bears: leaving. Dog: not wolf. Where is the art? New Weird Guy: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/nyregion/mickey-barreto-new-yorker-hotel-fraud.html?smid=bsky-nytimes&smtyp=cur Come Back Tortoise: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/galapagos-tortoise-once-believed-extinct-is-now-roaming-free/ Super old language: https://www.reuters.com/science/40000-year-old-german-artifacts-m...

Unsung Typing Heroes! Toothy Rock! Troll Report! GigaMoon! Bennu Update! Gay Sheep! Nerd Win! Octopus followup! Lord Robare wants to help! Grandpa Pie! Writer's wives: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money/ Tooth Rock: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7v0ev05mdjo Giga Moon: https://cosmicbackground.io Bennu update: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/stbcn0QB6C0 Gay Sheep: https://rainbow-wool.com Nasgul: https://youtu.be/Qxq1bMy4XVg?si=TTFSPc6jcpvP47hX Produced...

Dark Matter Center?! Moonrace! Problematic Norwegian! More Problematic Norwegians! Problematic Norwegian Words! Tiny non-norwegian robots! Blanket Octopuses?! The Rise of the Sea Walnut! Dark Matter Center of the Galaxy: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/dark-matter-not-black-hole-could-power-milky-ways-heart Mars Pivot: https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/a-city-on-the-moon-why-spacex-shifted-its-focus-away-from-mars Norway's Main Character: https://defector.com/adulte...