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NASA really wants you to know that 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar comet [ [link removed] ]
Sorry to disappoint you, but it’s a comet. It’s not the aliens. We’ve only been able to find interstellar objects for a few years, and this is the third one we’ve found (hence “3I”), so if the third one we found was actually aliens passing through the solar system, that would be the craziest coincidence in history
107-year-old WWII hero celebrates birthday, joking whiskey and kindness kept him going [ [link removed] ]
I think we could all go for a little more whiskey and kindness in our lives
More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…
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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
Tales From the Blue Line – The Vending Machine Prophecy [ [link removed] ] - The night shift at the hospital is dramatically altered when the staff discovers that the old, untrustworthy vending machine, an office joke, starts dispensing eerie and hyper-specific fortune tea bottles that accurately predict everything from missed birthdays to patient emergencies on their floor.
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Don’t Go Downstairs: Sports, Scandals, and the Return of the Mob Mindset [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander dig into the essential hypocrisy at the heart of modern sports culture: every league, every network, every commercial break insists gambling is entertainment, until someone gets caught. Then, suddenly, it’s “a serious violation of trust.”
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Dave Norman on Jerry Hey and the L.A. Studio Sound [ [link removed] ]
As I Was Saying with Big John Howell
John Howell sits down once again with longtime friend and trumpeter Dave C. Norman for an insider’s conversation about Hey’s life, sound, and legacy.
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Also Worth A Look…
First kiss dates back 21 million years, say scientists [ [link removed] ] - I assume some Homo habilis couple did it, and then their neighbors got jealous and starting doing it too
Smoking just two cigarettes a day can wreak havoc on your heart, study shows [ [link removed] ] - Cigarettes are bad. Shocking news
Scientists Warn: “Almost Half of the Beaches Will Disappear by the End of the Century” [ [link removed] ] - That’s less than ideal
Woman rushing to pick up pizza arrested for driving 107 mph, deputies say [ [link removed] ] - I don’t condone it, but I certainly understand it
‘You’re impaired:’ Florida man caught driving into oncoming highway traffic, video shows [ [link removed] ] - He was confused about how police even knew which way he was supposed to be going
Husband forces flight to make an emergency landing after claiming wife was hiding a bomb: reports [ [link removed] ] - Yeah, maybe don’t do that
Final resting place set for the historic SS United States to become an artificial reef off Florida [ [link removed] ] - RIP. They’re going to livestream the sinking. You can bet I’ll be watching
Silicon Valley Startup Wants To Deliver On-Demand Sunlight Straight From Space [ [link removed] ] - It’s the opposite of Mr. Burns plan to block out the Sun
Couple caught having daytime sex in car on the Downs sparks warning [ [link removed] ] - The headline seems to suggest that it would have been perfectly fine if it happened at night
Change in strategy earns Md. man two lottery jackpots in two days [ [link removed] ] - Well that hardly seems fair
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