Cool Stuff Daily

Tue. 07/20 - Creepy Clown Town 2021


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Was the Chinese seed scare of mid-2020 just a matter of delayed orders and pandemic memory? The Ever Green clogging the Suez Canal is probably a sign of things to come, not a one-off accident. And Wally Funk returns from space—oh, also, Jeff Bezos was there and he gave a bunch of money to the Smithsonian.

Links:

2016 clown sightings (Wikipedia)
  • Invasion of the Clowns (New York Times)
  • The Truth Behind the Amazon Mystery Seeds (The Atlantic)
  • What Changes to the Universal Postal Union Treaty Mean for Your Business (Red Stag Fulfillment)
  • How One of the World’s Biggest Ships Jammed the Suez Canal (New York Times)
  • Six Days in Suez: The Inside Story of the Ship That Broke Global Trade (Bloomberg News)
  • Columbia River​Maritime Museum
  • The 20-Ton Packet (Wired)
  • Mary Robinette Kowal’s Web site
  • Bezos Launches to Space, Aiming to Reignite His Rocket Company’s Ambitions (New York Times)
  • Jeff Bezos Gives $200 Million to National Air and Space Museum (New York Times)
  • Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum to Begin Seven-Year Renovation (Smithsonian)
  • National Air and Space Museum Receives $60 Million Pledge for its Dulles Center (Smithsonian)
  • You Could Win a Seat on One of the First Virgin Galactic Space Flights (Mental Floss)
  • David Koch, one half of controversial Koch brothers, donates $35 million to Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (MassLive)
  • Smithsonian Stands By Wildly Misleading Climate Change Exhibit Paid For By Kochs (ThinkProgress)
  • We are cultivating a movement to expand access to space for all of humanity (Space for Humanity)
  • Glenn on Twitter (Twitter)


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