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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Sep 8

Seems so!

Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Sep 7

Really well written, I agree! Such a great piece.

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Sep 7

Love this so much, and not because I’m a lefty myself. (TIL that left spiral snails can only mate with other left spiral snails, though!)

If you’re in NZ, can you help find Ned a mate? If you’re elsewhere, pls read this piece anyhow because it’s profoundly adorable: www.nzgeo.com/stories/lets...

Let's find a mate for Ned

One in 40,000 snails have the spiral on the left side of the shell, and they can only mate with other lefties. Can you help Ned find true love?

www.nzgeo.com

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Sep 4

My pleasure! I learned a lot reading it.

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Sep 4

And a gorgeous @craigwelch.bsky.social story in @biographic.bsky.social, about sea stars and a plague that has been devastating them for years. Lots of amazing sea star photos included in his piece.

CAE 54: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-four

The Curious About Everything Newsletter #54

The many interesting things I read in August 2025

jodiettenberg.substack.com

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Sep 4

As well as:
@alexsammon.bsky.social who said 'yes' to one of those online work scams
@harleyrustad.com on a fascinating French fry whodunit
@quantamagazine.bsky.social on what it means to be thirsty

CAE 54: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-four

The Curious About Everything Newsletter #54

The many interesting things I read in August 2025

jodiettenberg.substack.com

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Sep 4

This month's must reads include:
@nicktsergas.ca on Covid & the immune system
@himself.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social on our foreign age of coercion
@danwetzel.bsky.social on the devastating impact sextortion has on young athletes.

& more: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-four

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Sep 4

Curious About Everything 54 is out, with the best things I read in August: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-four

This month's featured artist is Christian Ruiz-Berman, whose work draws from histories of adaptation & migration, addressing the surreal nature of being stuck between 2 worlds:

"Cadenas de Amor" from 2024, by Christian Ruiz-Berman. Acrylic on panel.

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Aug 30

Too close to the world they want, I guess?

Handmaid's Tale to be pulled from Edmonton schools, proving yet again that Canada is just as susceptible to fascism as anywhere else. And yet another example of the that group screeches about 'free speech' engaging in censorship.

The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News

A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...

www.cbc.ca

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Aug 22

Our immune systems are different than pre-2019 — and it’s not because of “immunity debt” during lockdowns years ago. It’s because of Covid itself.

People have got more fungal & other infections, more inflammation, more comorbidities. And it’s only likely to worsen as reinfections stack up.

Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2

“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports Myco...

www.bmj.com

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Aug 21

As someone who lost my mobility in my late 30s, that’s a very specific take that doesn’t factor in life coming and smacking you in the face. My grief at losing so much of my identity would’ve been far more dense had I not spent the 10 prior years around the world, working enough to live & eat 🍜.

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Aug 14

My pleasure! Really enjoyed it, and looking forward to reading the book.

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Aug 13

CAE 53's great reads include:
- @royinori.bsky.social on worm hunters in S. Ontario
- @keithhouston.bsky.social on emoji language
- @clearwing3.bsky.social on the history of @theonion.com
- @birdhistory.bsky.social on feather beds of the 1800s

& more!

jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-three

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Aug 13

Curious About Everything # 53 is out, with the best things I read in July: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-three

Feat. artist is Benjamin Barakat, with the stunning composite of dragon tree star trails in Yemen, below. The photo comprises 300 different exposures, all superimposed into one image.

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Aug 9

My grandfather would have been 107 this week, and I miss him terribly. When he passed away, I wrote this piece — half eulogy, half a love story about how he & my grandmother got engaged the day they met. He was a remarkable man, with a remarkable story: www.legalnomads.com/grandpa/

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Jul 31

Per Spaceweather.com: "Savvy aurora chasers know that the best time to catch Northern Lights is when the IMF tilts south. [...] We tend to ignore times when the IMF tilts north and closes the door. Yet that is precisely when space hurricanes form, according to the study."

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Jul 31

SPACE HURRICANES EXIST?!

Apparently so! They have similar spiral 'arms' & an eye like earth hurricanes, but the eye has aurora glowing within. A recent study confirmed they also are active electrodynamic storms: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Jul 15

This story is W I L D, truly wild. nymag.com/intelligence...

(Archive link for those who need it: archive.is/77OpD )

How Did a Pair of Football Buddies From Utah Join a Coup in the Congo?

The creation of two of unlikely soldiers of fortune.

nymag.com

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Jul 11

Thanks for thoughtful pieces and beautiful pics.

Reposted by Jodi Ettenberg

bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thanks for the shoutout, Jodi!

Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Jul 7

CAE 52 is out, with the best things I read in June including:

- @rachelplotnick.bsky.social on electronics in the bathroom
- @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social on wild animals within Rome's ruins
- @meerasub.bsky.social on the beautiful adaptability of fungi

jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-two

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Jul 8

I shared all three of your pieces together because each brought us in to learn about something many people overlook. Thanks for some wonderful reads!

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Jul 7

The featured artist of the month is a telescope, not a person: one of the first images from the Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile, of the swirling, colourful gas and dust clouds from the the Trifid & Lagoon nebulae 9,000 light years away. jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-two

The Curious About Everything Newsletter #52

The many interesting things I read in June 2025

jodiettenberg.substack.com

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Jul 7

as well as:
@brockm.bsky.social on American dissonance
@scottsayare.bsky.social on paleontological drama
@milehighrobert.bsky.social on microdosing for mental health
@henrywismayer.bsky.social on the fury of solar storms
@ericlevitz.bsky.social on the decline of reading

& more

The Curious About Everything Newsletter #52

The many interesting things I read in June 2025

jodiettenberg.substack.com

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Jul 7

CAE 52 is out, with the best things I read in June including:

- @rachelplotnick.bsky.social on electronics in the bathroom
- @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social on wild animals within Rome's ruins
- @meerasub.bsky.social on the beautiful adaptability of fungi

jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-two

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · Jul 2

If you wanted a longer deep-dive into mast cell activation specifically, and all the ways that it can ruin your life, may I interest you in the 22,302 words I wrote about the condition? 🥶 jodiettenberg.com/mast-cells/

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