Episode 328 - Savory Lozenge
01.27.24
WEEWOO WEEWOO. You may think this is a real fire truck. But you have to listen to this week’s episode to find out about it.
Good morning, gang! Yr pal al here, and if this January doesn’t gtfo of here in the next few days I’m going to shoot the sun.
Chippy boys count for 2025: still 6. Books read: 6.5.
Read to the end for a new presidential tidbit of info that I desperately want to believe.
Art print I am obsessed with and will cave in and purchase soon. Via the artist, Christina Mrozik.
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email + tiktok + youtube + twitter + instagram + facebook group + read with tether facebook group — our next book is Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister. I read it a couple years ago and it’s an all-time fav of mine. I’m excited to read it again and talk about it. It’s a time loop sort of sci-fi, but very realistic and doesn’t get into the physics of the time loop or anything like that. Really interesting thriller. Hope you join us! We’re aiming to discuss it around the end of February in a video chat.
This week’s sources:
Genetically engineered mosquitoes with "toxic" semen could kill females and curb spread of disease, researchers say | CBS News
Teen enraged by TikTok ban sets fire to Wisconsin congressman's office | Tech Spot
2 arrested for impersonating firefighters, using illegitimate fire truck in Palisades Fire area | ABC 7
Disabled man wins $6K from cops after being mistaken for bus masturbator: ‘They’ve put my life in danger’ | NY Post
Judge sentences woman for setting fire to Springfield home using Takis tortilla chips | Ky3
AITA for not letting my gf get away with hypothetical murder? | Reddit
Progresso launches Soup Drops, a hard candy that's 'soup you can suck on' | NBC News
Influencer dies after receiving general anesthesia to get a tattoo in SC | CNN Brazil
upcoming books i'm excited for | my notion
Meet the World’s First Adult Diaper Influencer | Vice
Other things:
I quit Twitter last week. Obviously. Because even I have a last straw. Soooo welcome to things that are no longer my Twitter likes from the week!
Happy ending news: Scott Minton exonerated in Tennessee after three decades of his wrongful conviction.
Ten super easy slow cooker dinners, via The Kitchn.
“I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers” — I would like to nominate this headline itself for a Putliter, please.
Stimulation clicker. (Thanks for sending me this, Wes!)
NY Times backs it up, and I’m choosing to believe it.
Thanks for reading & listening! Love u mean it!
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