We were so ready for vacation that we were late with this episode. And just in time for ::checks notes:: late summer, it's the horror special! First Joseph and Fintan discuss the mysterious Le Blob, which Le Monde reports is heading to space to either star in a new horror flick or begin a reality show featuring its 750 sexes, or to show how zero-G affects a multicellular organism that acts unlike any other type of creature on Earth. Then Joseph turns us to the historical regions of Silesia and Lusatia, and he gives a rundown of the incredible growing coal mine called Turów, which is creeping towards the Czech border from Poland, and which has caused a diplomatic and cross-border dust-up that still isn't really resolved. In the midst of all of this, the continent appears to be burning from all sides because of the very fossil fuels that coal mines produce. It's a doozy. We'll see you in a few weeks' time after we get some relaxation in!

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Sources:
Le Blob: https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2021/08/10/le-blob-creature-a-nulle-autre-pareille-s-apprete-a-embarquer-a-bord-de-l-iss_6091075_1650684.html
Barbara Oksińska's article in Rzeczpospolita: https://www.rp.pl/Wegiel/307199945-Kopalnia-Turow-rozpoczela-walke--o-przetrwanie.html
https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/kopalnia-turow-czechy-przedstawiaja-projekt-umowy-6650661350767520a.html
https://www.rmf24.pl/raporty/raport-kopalnia-turow/news-spor-o-kopalnie-w-turowie-zaplanowano-kolejna-ture-rozmow,nId,5418221#crp_state=1
https://www.odbory-sho.cz/clanky/aktuality-ve-zkratce.html
https://www.lidovky.cz/domov/cilem-ohledne-dolu-turow-je-dohoda-ne-soudni-cesta-shodli-se-polsky-i-cesky-ministr.A210617_115821_ln_zahranici_lijk
https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/regiony/2962778-preshranicni-spoluprace-cechu-a-polaku-chce-zjistit-jak-skodliva-muze-byt-dulni-voda
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780081005521000014