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— Captain Washburn, by way of John McPhee, Looking for a Ship
April 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Reposted
If you haven't already had enough of so-called dire wolves, I do think considering how this story blew up is of interest.

Namely, how did at least three long detail-rich feature stories about the so-called dire wolves drop on the same day? And what were they missing

thebulletin.org/2025/04/dire...
Dire wolf, or Colossal misrepresentation?
A biotechnology company called Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected the dire wolf, a species that went extinct over 10,000 years ago.
thebulletin.org
April 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Kayaker Cyril Derreumaux is already 12 days and some 300 nautical miles into his attempt to paddle solo 3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. If successful he won't be the first known person to do so in the 20th or 21st century but about the fifth depending how you define a very short list.
January 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM