{Me trying my best to understand the wiki page about Dune; pic via Twitter}
Gooooooood evening, friendos! Yr pal al here in a damn time warp because the end of Daylight Saving Time has me all screwed up. I like to think I’m a creature of the night, but I already miss the evening sunlight. What a wimp.
And if you’re wondering, here’s the reason the newsletter is going out at night instead of Monday morning: we recorded video this time! We’re working on getting our Patreon up and running, so this is a bit of a teaser to show you that we’ll post videos of episodes to come, plus some other bonus content if you’re interested in subscribing.
In other news, our friend Nikki is in mortuary school and she’s been blogging about it. She wrote about seeing her first embalming here, and it’s really interesting.
Read to the end for a really colorful microscopic photo (unrelated to humans or death!).
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This week’s stories:
Day care owner gets 6 years for hiding 26 kids in basement | WVLT
Squid Game crypto plunges to $0 after scammers steal millions of dollars from investors | CNN Business
German on trial for castrating men on his kitchen table | Wavy
Mum warns over leather trousers that sound ‘like she has a duck down her pants’ | Mirror
Philips clock ridiculed as 'sex toy' over 'supple and plump' hole design | Daily Star, pic below
Crows are self-aware just like us, says new study | Big Think
Gynecologist Expertly Slams Ignorant TikToker Who Thinks Vaginas Need To Smell Like Water | Comic Sands
California mom, 39, vanishes and her dog is found wandering alone on the 28th floor of a high rise | Daily Mail
Other things:
A 4-year-old girl in Australia was kidnapped by a stranger and was just found alive two weeks later. Scary, but how great that she survived!
It turns out that baleen whales eat three times more DAILY what we have been thinking.
Look at this golden retriever/Corgi mix. 13/10 very good boy.
If you need to drop some $$$, Blackcraft Cult is doing 40% off their whole site right now. RIP my wallet.
Colorful closeup of a beetle foot!
Thanks for reading & listening! And for your patience on this week’s newsletter ;)
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