Goodbye Wally! Book culling! Cold plunge! Congrats, Dale! LARP U.S.A.! Roller Derby Facts! Spoon Report! Meat Shower??

Wally:

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/wally-funk-trailblazing-pilot-and-astronaut-passes-away-at-87

Book Culling:

https://lithub.com/how-and-why-to-cull-your-book-collection/

Cold Plunge:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/magazine/cold-plunge-fix.html?unlocked_article_code=1.wFA.AHQn.AMSie9IN3Bkv

Meat Shower:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kentucky-meat-shower

Dale!

https://www.vulture.com/article/dale-dickey-widows-bay-interview-emmy-nominaton-breaking-bad.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nymag

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Malmesbury Batman! Fixed Egg Pool Begone! Ha Ha Ford. Ocean Plant Facts! Polish Knives! Mummy Bread! Smart fish! Leopard/Jaguar/Panther! let the Rubin drama commence!

Eilmer of Malmesbury: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/did-a-medieval-flying-monk-spot-halleys-comet-twice-its-complicated/

Eggs: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-biological-dogma-that-women-dont-make-new-eggs-after-birth-may-be-wrong/

Ford hates humans: https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ford-ai-automation-humans-hiring-artificial-intelligence-b3004733.html

Sea Plant Facts: https://theconversation.com/seaweeds-are-not-plants-and-six-other-surprising-facts-about-aquatic-flora-284612?utm_source=DamnInteresting

Nuż w bżuhu: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu%C5%BC_w_b%C5%BCuhu

Vera! Vera! Vera!: https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-immense-vera-c-rubin-sky-survey-has-begun?utm_source=badastronomy.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=the-immense-vera-c-rubin-sky-survey-has-begun&_bhlid=129416bcab80372b50b4a7f661177d1e9e36c90b

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