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Best reads from lately
We fact-checked Trump’s recent news conference : NPR Review: Matthew McConaughey’s Pantalones Tequila https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/pronghorn-texas-fastest-mammal https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/10/martin-amis-tina-brown-memorial-service-novelist How I Made Google’s “Web” View My Default Search https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/africa/toba-supervolcano-early-human-migration-africa-scn/index.html Sydney Sweeney on Fame, Euphoria, and the Pressure of Paying the Bills World’s oldest fossilised trees discovered along Devon and Somerset coast | Palaeontology | The Guardian Deciphering the Denisovans
SAT-land
Been hearing for about a year that some of my books have been in the PSAT and SAT—but nobody’s smuggled a snapshot out. Guessing . . . phones aren’t exactly allowed into those testing environments? But, finally: And, in case that tweet or twitter itself goes away, here’s the image, via Jay Slayton-Joslin:
I Miss Them Each One
So many that aren’t here anymore. They all break my heart. But, speaking of, everyone should read Howard Waldrop’s “The Ugly Chickens.”
Best Reads from Lately
https://georgiasouthern.libguides.com/wraparoundsouth/summer2018/eastern-kentucky-in-four-figures The Devil’s Rejects movie review (2005) | Roger Ebert A Brief History of Time Travel – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency https://www.christophergolden.com/post/to-those-of-you-nodding-along-with-tom-monteleone KUOW – Seattle crows are so smart, they’re challenging what we know about evolution Silver Linings of Being Bitten by a Great White Shark – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency Hollywood’s Newest Money-Making Scheme Is… Books
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https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/george-strait-college-station-record-show https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/15/magazine/alcohol-health-risks.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb 12,000-year-old ritual passed down 500 generations may be world’s oldest | CNN https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/texas-tarantula-summer-love Jibe vs. Jive – What’s the Difference? – Writing Explained Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) – 4K Ultra HD – FILM FREAK CENTRAL
Jaws in Lego
Remember when Jordan Peel did The Shining in emoji? This is the blocky version of that:
Best Reads from Lately
Noted Ho Scott Wampler Once Again Bails Early A Brief History of Time Travel – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency https://www.gq.com/story/kevin-costner-gq-cover-story Giant hail as large as DVDs bombards Texas – The Washington Post https://www.darkalcoves.com/1856773_seven-questions-with-michael-wehunt https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy99v7xg45xo
Few extra links & reviews
https://www.bottalk.com/2024/04/conan-lord-of-mount-review.html http://raforallhorror.blogspot.com/2019/12/beckys-top-20-horror-for-libraries-of.html https://shepherd.com/best-books/supernatural-terror-with-real-world-adversity
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https://www.awphooey.com/wkrp?fbclid=IwAR0iPkYtf-_KIs4ScZbwHai2C9I2_dEV_YyjSICHx3665vphHzYkNFZU0zA Ancient Indigenous lineage of Blackfoot Confederacy goes back 18,000 years to last ice age, DNA reveals | Live Science https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68739586 https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2024/03/28/guy-gun-and-dangerous-blonde-and-why-we-them The Life and Death of Hollywood, by Daniel Bessner South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Is Now Banished From 10 Percent of Her Own State For the first time in one billion years, two