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97-year-old wing walker breaks her own world record [ [link removed] ]
At 97 I’d be happy enough to just walk on firm ground, let alone on a moving airplane
Hard Knocks, Hidden Plots: Life’s Worst Moments May Make Conspiracy Theories Appealing [ [link removed] ]
That makes a lot of sense. When something bad happens, you’re vulnerable and you can struggle to make sense of what you’ve gone through and its easy to fall down a rabbit hole and come to the conclusion the lizard people are conspiring against you
More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…
Auditory Anthology [ [link removed] ]
SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
I’ll Kill You Tomorrow by Helen Huber [ [link removed] ] - A night-shift nurse walks into the hospital’s basket room to find something impossible: thirty newborns, all in complete, unnatural silence. What she discovers waiting behind one set of very old eyes sets off a race against time before the nursery’s littlest patients grow into something no one could stop.
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Also Worth A Look…
Stolen first edition book mailed back to California bookstore after 40 years, with an apology and $100 [ [link removed] ] - Sure, you send it back after you read it for 40 years, I see how it is
The Grocery Budget Gap: Why $100 No Longer Stretches As Far As Expected [ [link removed] ] - That’s less than ideal. If a streaming subscription goes up and it becomes too much you can just unsubscribe from it. If groceries are more expensive, you might be able to save by making some different choices, but you still need food
Home Where Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s Boyhood Dreams of Flying Took Off Is for Sale [ [link removed] ] - You could look at it a couple different ways. It might be that he had some amazing childhood memories there that brought him joy the rest of his life… or it might be that his experience there was so bad he had to go all the way to the Moon to escape it
Scientists Discover Hidden Water Beneath Mars that Could Have Supported Life [ [link removed] ] - I, for one, welcome our new Martian overlords
City Light Pollution May Be Changing When Trees, Plants Wake Up [ [link removed] ] - It’s not just astronomy nerds that care about light pollution. Now the arborists are coming after you
Home Depot launches ‘Christmas in July’ – and two $299 items are already sold out [ [link removed] ] - I don’t even have my Columbus Day decorations out yet
Americans Are Turning Away From Plant Milks [ [link removed] ] - And rightfully so. You can’t milk a plant
Man arrested after dressing as Grim Reaper on hospital roof and staring at patients [ [link removed] ] - I’d be lying if I said it didn’t make me laugh, but maybe don’t do that
These gene-edited beagles could provide hope for dog-loving allergy sufferers [ [link removed] ] - The goodest hypoallergenic boys
Study Finds AI Stories Rated Higher Quality Than Human Writing [ [link removed] ] - As a human writer, I can’t help but feel a little rejected. Ouch
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