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What’s a good book you’ve read recently? I tend to bounce back and forth between fiction and non-fiction. I’m currently working on I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom [ [link removed] ] by Jason Pargin, which is very entertaining
The Stagnant Housing Market Is About to Face a 7% Mortgage [ [link removed] ]
That’s not going to help people who already can’t afford to get a mortgage
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
The Unobserved Observer by F. Davies-Mouncher - Late for school and dreading the stares of her classmates, Olivia gets an anxiety she never asked for when she suddenly realizes no one around her can see or hear her at all. What starts as a terrifying morning quickly turns into something else entirely, as Olivia begins to understand exactly what she can get away with when nobody’s watching.
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Also Worth A Look…
Why Children’s Wandering Attention May Be A Feature, Not A Flaw [ [link removed] ] - Basically, it’s looking at why children can catch things that adults miss. I think the big takeaway is to always be curious. Even if that takes a little more work when you’re an adult and your brain is wired a little differently
Why Working From Home May Be Much Worse For Your Health [ [link removed] ] - Basically, since you’re not getting up and walking around to do things like walk to your car, you need to replace that activity. Otherwise you’re just sitting around all day. Sort of like taking vitamins to offset things you’re not getting in your diet. It’s easy to fix, but not something you’d necessarily thing to do
Where Americans Want Pets Out: Doctors’ Offices, Grocery Stores, And Anywhere Food Is Served [ [link removed] ] - In the “Service animal” era, there doesn’t seem to be any place that’s off limits to pets. I’m OK with them being just about anywhere, but that list seems pretty reasonable
Dad claims 9-year-old son spent $118K on YouTube ads promoting Minecraft videos with company credit card [ [link removed] ] - Apparently, much like an online political commentator, his son was frustrated that his videos weren’t generating the level of views he thought was appropriate. So his Dad created an ad campaign, and the kid just kept adding to it until it reached 1990’s-mortgage territory. The plus side is the Dad’s video explaining the situation has probably gotten enough attention to help the channel grow
Physicists help uncover ‘spooky’ quantum effect in the Large Hadron Collider [ [link removed] ] - With everything else going on in the world, maybe they should have just kept finding something “spooky” to themselves
NY Democrat Chris Gallant Modelled BDSM Gear While Serving in Army National Guard Before Launching Congress Bid [ [link removed] ] - All I’m seeing here is he would be bringing experience in a career field previously unrepresented in the Congressional ranks
Loose bat causes chaos on commuter train in Scotland [ [link removed] ] - From the perspective of the bat, he was having a normal day until a train showed up and caused chaos
Poacher tried to shoot rhinos but was trampled to death by elephants instead [ [link removed] ] - Instant karma’s gonna get ya
Elk jumps onto parked car, shatters windshield [ [link removed] ] - I feel like the elk was probably just an influencer trying to re-enact a White Snake video
Garden Decoration Turned Out to Be a Rare Sculpture [ [link removed] ] - The porch goose in front of my parents house is actually secretly a Michelangelo sculpture
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