Aztec emperor Montezuma had a nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name meant "plenty of excrement."

The Source of Flashing Lights on Venus: Meteors or Lightning?

Warnalarm schon um 10:59 Uhr und nicht um 11 Uhr, das ist nicht mehr mein Deutschland 😡😡😡

Here is today’s newsletter aptly titled “Running on Empty” about how I’m wrung out from trying to “perform” on social media.

amytrueblood.substack.com/p/running-on...

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Rohit Sharma struck a quickfire fifty vs Pakistan before getting out. Pakistan erred earlier while taking his wicket. Babar Azam hastily took a shocking review to get the India captain out cheaply.

Some Black churches in Florida are stepping up to teach Black history, saying the state has "watered-down” versions taught to students

Al Gore warned us some two decades ago that we faced an “Inconvenient Truth.” We didn’t heed his warnings, and now he warns us again. Will we heed it now?

Go ahead and judge a book by its cover. Because it’s GORGEOUS!
Look at my book, it’s so pretty 🥺
(Release date November 10)

Art by the amazing @illustoryart.bsky.social

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I keep reading that social media doesn't sell books and, you know, is it just ME who's bought a lot of books I learned about here (and on Twitter back in the day, natch). 📚

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Meet me in memes📚

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Star Trek: Infinite mashes Stellaris and Star Trek together into something more delicious than anything you can get out of a replicator.

May we have a moment of silence for the word struck from the draft for being too erudite.

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Zera cancels nearly 10 IPPs projects

Ah, football season — the time of year when Americans spend countless hours observing super-sized men pummel each other on the gridiron. But, hey, we all need something to do while we’re not watching the sport. Why not read about it?