TALK TO ME, TEXT IT A list of the world’s most expensive liquids isn’t just trivia—it’s a window into how markets, scarcity, and hype collide. We open with a fast, funny rundown of price tags that range from nail polish and penicillin to horseshoe crab blood and cobra venom, and we explore what those numbers actually say about extraction, demand, and whether some figures are more headline than reality. Then we take on a charged report about a potential season-long suspension for a coach accu...
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TALK TO ME, TEXT IT A list of the world’s most expensive liquids isn’t just trivia—it’s a window into how markets, scarcity, and hype collide. We open with a fast, funny rundown of price tags that range from nail polish and penicillin to horseshoe crab blood and cobra venom, and we explore what those numbers actually say about extraction, demand, and whether some figures are more headline than reality. Then we take on a charged report about a potential season-long suspension for a coach accu...
NASA Explains Sprites And A TikTok Shopping Spiral
An Americanist
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1 month ago
NASA Explains Sprites And A TikTok Shopping Spiral
TALK TO ME, TEXT IT A glowing red “jellyfish” above a thunderstorm looks like sci‑fi until you hear the science. We start with a simple birthday fitness win—standing up from the floor without using hands—and follow that thread of intentional choices into the sky, where NASA explains sprites: rare, vermilion flashes that bloom 50 miles up and vanish in milliseconds. The images echo Stranger Things, but the truth is better than fiction—a peek at the upper atmosphere’s hidden electrical theater ...
An Americanist
TALK TO ME, TEXT IT A list of the world’s most expensive liquids isn’t just trivia—it’s a window into how markets, scarcity, and hype collide. We open with a fast, funny rundown of price tags that range from nail polish and penicillin to horseshoe crab blood and cobra venom, and we explore what those numbers actually say about extraction, demand, and whether some figures are more headline than reality. Then we take on a charged report about a potential season-long suspension for a coach accu...
