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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 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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/ Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Edited & Mastered by Rich Palmer Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/ Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Edited & Mastered by Rich Palmer Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/ Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Edited & Mastered by Rich Palmer Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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El Godzilla! El Aliens! El Fungus! Geeeeeese! Emuuuuuu! Tybalt the Mad. Colorado Colorado-ing. Mystery cat! Seahorse dance! Frauen auf Bäumen! Godzilla: https://www.science.org/content/article/el-nino-has-begun-it-may-become-strongest-century New alien rules: https://www.science.org/content/article/if-scientists-discover-aliens-they-have-plan-disclosure-day Fungi Map: https://a-hidden-infrastructure.spun.earth/map#2.33/43.2134/109.2247 Barnacle Goose: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYfgpMPoSLO/?igsh=MW5raHV0MWZ1ZmMzdQ== https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barnacle_Goose/lifehistory Seahorse Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txpZ2vQmaIg Frauen auf Bäumen: https://www.hatjecantz.com/products/76647-frauen-auf-baeumen See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Norwegians are coming! Satisficiers! De-enhance your games! Smarty bees! Artificial ears! Jack in the green! Moosup! Neuron speed! CERN update! Manhattants! Condors! Great big bunnies! Flying beavers! Poetry corner! Norway world cup team: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7333438/2026/06/04/norway-world-cup-viking-photo/ Maximizers: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/opinion/decision-making-herbert-simon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l1A.YIhI.v7aFNO1-K6RQ Enhanced games: https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/clean-athletes-stole-show-enhanced-161747323.html Bumblebees: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bumblebees-use-tools-to-solve-complex-problems-despite-not-being-trained-to-do-so/ Edison killer: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/edison-may-not-have-been-the-first-to-record-the-human-voice-new-evidence-suggests/ Jack in the green: https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/in-pictures-hundreds-turn-out-at-dawn-for-hastings-may-day-tradition-of-dancing-the-sun-up-8452913?page=2 https://hastingstraditionaljackinthegreen.co.uk/ Moosup noise: https://www.iflscience.com/mystery-of-the-moodus-noises-that-baffled-connecticut-for-centuries-73358 Animal rhythms: https://www.earth.com/news/all-animals-communicate-using-the-same-universal-rhythm-according-to-scientists/ CERN: https://home.cern/base-experiment-cern-succeeds-transporting-antimatter/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tyrants! Little blue guy! Undersea Muppets! That's not your dog, Tom. Acorn! Black frogs, blue dogs. Invisible book talk. Frog sounds? Poetry corner. Observatory antics! Colorado?! Caedmon's Hymn. Unsustainable tyrants: https://www.noemamag.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-petty-tyrants/ Little blue guy: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tiny-alien-like-blue-octopus-discovered-lurking-off-the-galapagos-islands/ https://youtu.be/174YABPY238?si=zEmsxw41iHfkhy1U S. Snuffleupagus: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-real-mr-snuffleupagus-meet-the-oceans-strangest-new-fish-species/ Acorn video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17DD0pCtsqCBpbFSa5pimUYUN3TWBLiA_/view Black frogs: https://www.iflscience.com/chernobyl-frogs-have-changed-color-and-it-could-be-whats-helped-them-survive-73048 Caedmon's Hymn: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hidden-copy-of-the-oldest-known-poem-in-the-english-language-leaves-researchers-speechless/ Frogs and their calls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1Sc78-TOFs See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Moose Lick! Moose Jaw! Renewable roundup! Smithsonian: Origins. Cannibal: The Cafeteria! Spiderviper! Windy mountain! Slingerland! Poetry corner! Feet?! Requiem for a Troll. Colorado Cannibal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Packer Smithsonian: https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/factsheets/brief-history-smithsonian-institution Sodium battery: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/catl-sodium-ion-battery-aims-to-improve-ev-winter-range-loss/ Geothermal energy: https://reasonstobecheerful.world/geothermal-energy-new-tech/ Moosefight: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/20/world/canada-norway-moose-tall.html Moose licking: https://nowiknow.com/dont-let-the-moose-lick-your-car/ Iranian Horned Viper: https://youtube.com/shorts/MkYluH1BtvU?si=uJdaX_4KAr0WgMAd Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Edited & Mastered by Rich Palmer Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/ Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Immortal honey. The Icelandic fishing miracle. Lunar gold rush. Attacking Joe specifically. Jellyfish too big. Brazilian dinos. High drama in the orchestra. Scratch: Origins. Viking nothing. Your attention is fine. Cursive v Joe: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/cursive-clubs-students.html Famous signatures: https://www.taminoautographs.com/blogs/autograph-blog/famous-signatures-top-100-celebrity-signatures-in-history?srsltid=AfmBOor127NdSbljO7iqgw0s1zzETJvUZu01MJBA2oRL2kFYBmJb3mZL Attention Spans: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-attention-spans-really-shrinking-what-the-science-says/ Helium 3: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-helium-3-create-a-gold-rush-on-the-moon/ Icelandic Fishing: https://reasonstobecheerful.world/great-lakes-fish-interview/ Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/ Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tracy Arm Fjord! Not that boring! Similes! American Tea! Octofeet! Steve! Tybalt reports in! Prose corner? Saja! The Forks! Happy birthday to the OG animal interest haver! Comparisons: https://pudding.cool/2026/05/similes/ Boring conversations: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1123175 Sir David: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/david-attenborough-celebrates-his-100th-birthday/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TJaNDBI87s Yaupon Tea: https://catspringtea.com/blogs/yaupon/the-real-story-of-ilex-vomitoria-and-yaupons-name Tsunami!: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/science/tsunami-landslide-alaska-climate-arctic.html Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Edited & Mastered by Rich Palmer Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/ Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Oops! All Kids! Popedrop! Smoking on the Whitehouse roof. Jesus Christ Frog. Your name in land. Believe? What are words? Tales of Typography. Clowncat. Thumbs up: An Investigation. What to do while making monsters. Poperave: https://youtu.be/XJuT27G5QEc?si=xiH2TKdc0xNNN1YO Dead frog/Alive frog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLPeehsXAr4 Your Name in Landsat: https://science.nasa.gov/specials/your-name-in-landsat/ Fireball reporter: https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo/report_intro/ Samurai Crab: https://www.curiousspecies.com/my-species/samurai-crab Sonja, Monstermaker: http://www.sonsationalcreations.com Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Edited & Mastered by Rich Palmer Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/ Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Movie Bracket! Shakespeare nerds, this is your episode! Cuthulhu real. D'Artagnan: dead. Frogs: mini. Sky: synthed. Horseblood! Poetry corner! Chirps! Van Buren?!?! Warm spots in a cold universe. Film Bracket: https://lithub.com/and-the-best-literary-film-adaptation-of-the-last-50-years-is/ Shakespeare List: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/ng-interactive/2026/apr/22/every-shakespeare-play-ranked-lear-antony-cleopatra-hamlet The Majestic Giant Octopus: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/kraken-fossils-show-enormous-intelligent-octopuses-were-top-predators-in-cretaceous-seas/ D'Artagnan: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2rew2dgzzo The Frog Guy: http://www.markscherz.com/ Skysynth: http://skyviewer.app/skysynth 3I/Atlas: https://www.space.com/astronomy/comets/interstellar-invader-comet-3i-atlas-formed-in-a-world-much-colder-than-the-solar-system Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson Edited & Mastered by Rich Palmer Music: My Own Kind of Tango by Alexandra Woodard Leave Finlay a message or a voicemail: https://www.hwatweekly.com Follow us on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hwatweekly Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hwatweekly.bsky.social Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwatweekly/ Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.