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https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-03-29/larry-mcmurtry-early-work-obliterated-western-cliches ‘Cloverfield,’ ‘Trollhunter,’ and the Birth of Found Footage Monster Movies https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earliest-surviving-wood-sculpture-even-older-previously-thought-180977320/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/the-school-shooting-that-austin-forgot/ https://www.sfgate.com/streaming/article/star-wars-george-lucas-marcia-editor-wife-15991031.php https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/e-mail-is-making-us-miserable https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Broke-in-the-D-League-Why-my-NBA-dress-code-16064235.php https://www.sfgate.com/streaming/article/sf-movie-theater-reopening-godzilla-amc-16070767.php https://rifnote.com/2021/04/03/crystals-found-in-kalahari-desert-challenge-assumptions-about-where-in-africa-human-culture-arose/ https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/bbc-three-comedy-horror-series-wrecked-1234940633/

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Is It Time to Kill the Book Blurb? – WSJ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-retail-trading-nfts-insight-idUSKCN2AT1HG http://kendallreviews.com/feature-brian-asman-offers-a-wonderful-response-to-the-question-why-do-you-write-horror/ https://www.sfgate.com/local/editorspicks/article/dark-watchers-santa-lucia-range-stories-steinbeck-16012812.php https://www.slashfilm.com/come-closer-movie/ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-single-cave-in-germany-is-one-possible-center-for-early-wolf-domestication https://www.npr.org/2021/03/15/977558590/deb-haaland-confirmed-as-first-native-american-interior-secretary https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neandertals-probably-perceived-speech-quite-well/ http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/anthropology/neanderthal-speech-09405.html https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/17/sperm-whales-in-19th-century-shared-ship-attack-information https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/19/magazine/how-college-dropout-new-hampshire-found-shakespeare-secret-all-phds-missed/ https://apple.news/AzidpSJwzRoGqeNqbwYKGzw https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-03-20/neanderthals-how-close-are-we-to-our-extinct-relatives.html?outputType=amp https://www.wur.nl/en/newsarticle/Neanderthals-possibly-responsible-for-their-own-extinction.htm https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/17/world/oumuamua-interstellar-object-scn-trnd/index.html

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-vaccines-raise-hope-cold-reality-dawns-covid-19-is-likely-here-to-stay-11612693803 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/12/966470891/minibrains-with-a-neanderthal-gene-offer-hints-about-human-evolution https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/22/21076981/isabel-fall-clarkesworld-attack-helicopter-short-story-gender-art-controversy https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/23/ken-burns-our-monuments-are-representations-myth-not-fact/?arc404=true https://www.vqronline.org/fiction/2018/06/mary-when-you-follow-her https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-02-11/hollywood-book-boom-walter-mosley-charles-yu-other-novelists-on-writing-tv https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/evolution/humans-didnt-outsmart-neanderthals-just-outlasted-them.htm One Long WTF: A Celebration of Prince, Music’s Most Electrifying, Least Understood Star Humans were drinking milk before they could digest it | Science | AAAS Teeth reveal tantalizing details about a Neanderthal who fell down a well – CNN https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/venetian-blue-beads-found-in-alaska-predate-arrival-of-columbus https://www.robertmccammon.com/interviews/rrm-lansdale.html?fbclid=IwAR0vkhlDlohNd40iQVlDKAmyDijEo769XnLpsSYVjbFK_m92VluBy4_wiVs https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/19/texas-power-outage-winter-storm-deaths/ https://britainisnocountryforoldmen.blogspot.com/2021/02/has-britain-recognised-its-old-and.html?m=1 https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/interior-design-tips-from-a-straight-single-man https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/juno-jupiter-image-february-2021 https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/02/the-true-story-of-justice-league-snyder-cut https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/02/dr-lecter-my-name-is-clarice-starling

Best Stuff I’ve Read Lately

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Electric eels hunt in packs, ‘extraordinary’ research reveals – CNN https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/when-did-ancient-humans-begin-to-understand-death https://collider.com/damon-lindelof-lost-original-ending-plan/ https://magazine.lensvid.com/article/1112023854/inspiring-photos-to-restore-our-faith-in-humanity/ Santa’s New York Roots | The New York Public Library The Movie Theater as We Know It Is Dying. We Can Make Something Better https://variety.com/2021/film/news/silence-of-the-lambs-anthony-hopkins-jodie-foster-1234887270/ How Neanderthal DNA affects human health — including the risk of getting Covid-19 – CNN Covid-19 masks:

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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2240117-oldest-ever-piece-of-string-was-made-by-neanderthals-50000-years-ago/ https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/indian-country-year-in-review-major-moments-DSnYwpua-EafiP6qpviCjA https://apple.news/AnXLTFnFxSJibW-NFAeWJhw http://bostonreview.net/race/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz-what-white-supremacists-know Santa’s New York Roots | The New York Public Library https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-78214-4 Too Sacred To Drill | Earthjustice https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-extra-podcast/id256580326?i=1000492683785 Swedish runestones open gateway to ancient Viking civilization | CNN Travel https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55657257 https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/world/dire-wolves-grey-wolves-intl-scli-scn/index.html https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/quiet-riots-metal-health-story-behind-cover-art Swedish runestones open gateway to ancient Viking civilization | CNN Travel  https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/11/6000-years-arrows-emerge-melting-norway-ice-patch/ https://www.ranker.com/list/horror-movies-where-black-characters-survive/mariel-loveland

Best Stuff I Found in 2020

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Gonna do this fast, here, as, when I take time and mull, this annual post just gets longer and longer—me, trying to include everything. So, before I can think too much, dig back too much, and probably including stuff I should have caught in 2019, or 2002: Novel(s) of the Year Comic Book of the

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https://apple.news/ANxLrKiJlR9eipv4VJZCRgg https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/14/the-skeletons-at-the-lake https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-neanderthal-mystery-solved-by-a-child-s-bones-from-40-000-years-ago https://www.businessinsider.com/discoveries-changed-understanding-human-history-evolution-2020-12 People arrived in North America 30,000 years ago, archaeologists say – Business Insider https://variety.com/2020/tv/features/heroes-leonard-roberts-ali-larter-1234854439/ https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30528130/james-harden-houston-rockets-breaking-point Ancient wolf cub found ‘perfectly preserved’ in Canadian permafrost – CNN Ice Age cave bear remains found perfectly preserved in Russia – CNN https://apple.news/AFYzJs-QvT1qzvj7hq9XbCQ

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Researchers gave thousands of dollars to homeless people. The results defied stereotypes. – CNN https://more2read.com/review/interview-jeremy-robert-johnson/ https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/wild-west-mentality-lingers-in-us-mountain-regions https://dangerousminds.net/comments/sucked_audience_notes_from_a_videodrome_test_screening https://apple.news/AiannQCfaQ4WJmb9JYP-wyA https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/us/reptile-fossil-220-million-years-arizona-scn-trnd/index.html A realistic ‘Homeless Jesus’ statue sparks conversation — and a visit from police – CNN https://www.livescience.com/63187-siberian-permafrost-worms-revive.html?fbclid=IwAR1WN1Zrk4N8-zCLMy_tse50YEb9n78HbqNsuQphU4C4OEPZFv4gdy–ig4 https://historydaily.org/rarely-seen-photos-capture-a-darker-side-to-nature https://apple.news/AWuj9qDEBQO2GupHmEnD70g https://apple.news/A3FuDxuNYRkWuBpxT3QJypg https://www.inverse.com/science/the-abstract-the-secrets-of-neanderthal-children https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/sep/18/rare-books-stolen-london-heist-found-floor-romania An Original Final Girl: The Legacy of Jess Bradford in ‘Black Christmas’ – Bloody Disgusting

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/europe/woolly-rhino-puppy-intl-scli-scn/index.html Wolverines return to Mount Rainier National Park – CNN https://apple.news/ARN2f6fEDR8GHQJucqUfIwQ https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/this-is-your-university-president-reminding-you-that-you-have-until-september-14th-to-infect-someone-in-our-college-town-with-covid https://film.avclub.com/the-new-mutants-finally-opens-this-week-here-s-why-we-1844833667 https://apple.news/Abymo8M4QR7qTNQyLpHCcoQ https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2020/08/how-chekhov-invented-modern-short-story Globe Book Club: Why are there so few Indigenous crime writers? It’s no mystery – The Globe and Mail http://www.fridaythe13thfranchise.com/2014/06/making-franchise-friday-13th-part-2.html Personal Canons: Warren Ellis – Here’s The Thing https://apple.news/A4XFWO_dMRrCqIgl31JOUVQ https://tv.avclub.com/when-one-sketch-flopped-two-words-saved-the-state-mo-1798265654 https://apple.news/AuGNyLfe6RMq3JV9IWXHJ1A https://apple.news/AsdIqsrWPQSiFsNQjOt6I-w https://apple.news/AQ98ST7FXRLajkLPWqwNAYQ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/07/animals-platypus-evolution-science/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/remembering-lubbock-born-country-musician-mac-davis/ I Love Paulette Jiles’s Novels.

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-what-it-looks-like-when-a-texas-oil-boom-busts-11594440031 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/dispatch/how-two-waves-of-coronavirus-cases-swept-through-the-texas-panhandle https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-07-14/ford-bronco-is-back-after-o-j-simpson-made-it-famous https://tv.avclub.com/timothy-omundson-on-his-seinfeld-start-and-getting-back-1844335402 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: An Explainer – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency https://hobbylark.com/comic-books/Who-Are-The-Native-American-Heroes-of-Marvel-Comics https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/obituaries-for-the-parts-of-me-that-have-died-inside https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/world/scientists-fossil-mystery-tanystropheus-scn-trnd/index.html https://apple.news/AOOt5__SrRjafuZm4rYVYjA https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/18/the-final-frontier A rare giant shark now sits in an ice block at the Smithsonian, allowing researchers to hopefully unravel clues about its evolution – CNN

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https://apnews.com/1ecd8a37bd1e4dc68ebed3c4568fcf72 https://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Christopher-Columbus-statue-torn-down-thrown-in-lake-by-protesters-571149751.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a-right-wing-movie-studio-enabled-the-harvey-weinstein-of-indie-film Slice & Dice: How Post-Pandemic Horror Could Lead to the Next Golden Age of Slashers – Bloody Disgusting https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/15/magazine/jon-stewart-interview.html regal jumping spider – Phidippus regius C.L. Koch https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/06/09/this-incredibly-rare-white-grizzly-has-emerged-in-banff-why-experts-hope-you-never-see-it.html Another mysterious radio burst in space is repeating a pattern. This one occurs every 157 days – CNN Roman city of Falerii Novi mapped

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/05/dave-grohl-irreplaceable-thrill-rock-show/611113/ WATCH: Writing the Most Challenging Scene of Star Trek: Picard | Star Trek https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/coronavirus-harming-native-american-communities https://twitter.com/robsaucedo2500/status/1261437704744644612?s=21 (thread) Farmer Claims Skull Found in Chained Box is From a Werewolf | Mysterious Universe Here’s How Time Works Now – McSweeney’s Internet Tendency FANGORIA | Let Us In: On Horror Inclusivity https://www.livescience.com/puhahonu-largest-and-hottest-volcano-on-earth.html https://apnews.com/7fef787f1bd5652e1205bc71ed0023d1 https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/epgebm/ergot-fungus-psychedelic-lsd-witchcraft ‘Apparently Useless’: The

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Before this gets out of hand again, which it’s apt to do since I seem to be cleaning out tabs during these stay-at-home times (quite possibly I’m clicking more things INTO tabs, too…): https://www.sciencenews.org/article/neandertal-made-oldest-known-string https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/get-lost-in-mega-tunnels-dug-by-south-american-megafauna http://www.montanakaimin.com/opinion/dating-as-a-native-it-s-more-complicated-than-sovereignty/article_8081c614-4cf4-11ea-8e6c-87bf991b1606.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share https://theconversation.com/early-humans-in-africa-may-have-interbred-with-a-mysterious-extinct-species-new-research-131699 http://jaws1975.blogspot.com/2011/07/on-knife-edge.html Zoom Is a Nightmare. So Why Is Everyone Still Using It? https://geekycamel.com/savage-yearbook-quotes-that-prove-seniors-have-no-limits/ ‘Broken promises’: Tribes decry leak

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https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/decision-on-friday-the-13th-court-case-expected-in-may-or-june https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51532781 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/02/03/802215344/researchers-link-autism-to-a-system-that-insulates-brain-wiring https://gizmodo.com/apple-bans-bad-guys-from-using-iphones-in-movies-says-1841929887 https://apple.news/AAI0aeXtyQI2XTQZ4MPC7Zw https://theconversation.com/humans-domesticated-horses-new-tech-could-help-archaeologists-figure-out-where-and-when-131831 https://www.livescience.com/earth-shorter-days-millions-years-ago.html https://bigthink.com/sex-relationships/health-benefits-of-masturbation Mysterious Ice Age structure made from hundreds of mammoth bones discovered in Russia – CNN https://ourcommunitynow.com/local-culture/black-forest-coloradoone-of-the-worlds-most-haunted-places https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/03/museum-of-the-bible-dead-sea-scrolls-forgeries/ https://www.theonion.com/study-96-percent-of-humans-would-rather-be-animatronic-1819572872 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/as-a-virus-upends-hollywood-may-never-be-a-return-normal-1286691 https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9342389/coronavirus-touring-concert-business-billboard-cover-story-2020 How Will the Coronavirus End? – The Atlantic European Neanderthals ate fresh seafood, which may have given their brains a boost – CNN https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/21-yr-old-student-from-pune-and-the-curious-case-of-her-changing-hands-6301734/ America Is Looking

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Once again, I let this get to be an unwieldy enough stack of links/reads that to slow down and make them into a pretty and proper list would keep me from revising the novel I’m revising. So, in all their likely awkwardness, with apologies for some embedding, some being URLS, some shuddering into some completely

My Star Wars Theory

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Or, a missed opportunity? What got me thinking about this was that fish we see Luke carrying in The Last Jedi, that he evidently speared with that super-long spear. That fish that, for a planet that kicks up Thala-sirens (those Suessian things he milks) and frog nuns that look straight out of a live-action Emmet

Best of 2019

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Just like last year, I had this idea that doing a monthly post would make it a snap to figure out my best of the years: just scroll through, it’ll be obvious. I wish. Though it does make it easier to remember stuff from before summer, say. So, without further whatever, and by category, and

Best Reads from Lately

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This paste-in isn’t going to be as bulletpoint-neat as before, with quotation marks and titles. But that’s just because I skipped a month of posting these, so they kind of built up, became a job. Anyway, for some reason some embeds create blank space right after them, which is kind of unkillable. Sorry for the

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