Hwat?! Weekly

A handfull of follow -ups before our long winter's hiatus!
Executioner Clown Frog:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40675238
https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?taxonCode=t-11139538
Tungara Frog:
https://www.dinacon.org/2019/09/11/laser-tungara-frog-synth/
Cognitive Exhaustion:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-mental-exhaustion-changes-the-choices-you-make/
Moon Boom:
Elon Musk SpaceX Rocket Is Set To Crash Into the Moon—What You Need To Know - Newsweek
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What's your sandwich?
https://cupofjo.com/2026/07/22/what-would-be-on-your-larry-david-sandwich/

Rich People Ice:
https://lamaterial.com/p/luxury-ice-imported-japan-la

Balloons:
https://flagcityballoonfest.com/balloons/

Earth goo:
https://www.quantamagazine.org/earths-core-appears-to-be-leaking-up-and-out-of-earths-surface-20250804/

Writing is hard because you're a caveman:
https://lithub.com/why-writing-feels-so-hard-and-how-to-make-it-easier/

The music that Finlay made Joe listen to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYMpMcmpfkI
https://open.spotify.com/track/4qrTZ6g19ut6C9SuKBneP9
https://open.spotify.com/track/3U0TqkoltIE7KqkZRwZ0J4

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New emojis!
https://jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/why-do-some-new-emoji-look-familiar
The two sides of Chinese Innovation:
https://youtube.com/shorts/0FMipboN2qQ?si=h8Za238okBJA8qy_
https://youtu.be/vRjGVS1FIwk?si=yKt5uo7gMb2hcdr8
The Sky Mouse:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec8347
AI Stupid and Bad:
https://www.404media.co/ai-fiction-is-easy-to-detect-because-its-stupid-and-bad-research-finds/?ref=the-abstract-newsletter
The Dude with the Books:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/style/too-many-books-new-york-city-apartment-scholar-landlord.html
Ginkgo Leaves Falling:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TW-OxyJALWw
250 American Books:
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/america-250/booklist/

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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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