Exploding whale baseball! Elephant shrew yawning! Come get my stuff!

Hey friends,

Hope you’re all hanging in there. I hear that it’s too hot basically everywhere except San Francisco, and am wishing you a very hydrated and breezy day. In personal news, I went to an Exploding Whale-themed baseball game yesterday and the score was 32-3 in 7 innings. Excuse me???????? That’s clearly a football score.

Otherwise, not too much to report this week — as you know, there’s no new episode, because I’m still working on a fun little trans name change guide for Life Kit. But next week, we’ll have Dr. Alex Hanna on the show to talk about AI ethics and tech privacy and whether you can use data science to predict the winners of Drag Race. It’ll be fun!

You’ve also got like ten days left to grab this round of merch, including Ariana Martinez’s stunning Trans + Disabled Solidarity sticker. And speaking of Ariana, they are one of my absolute favorite artists and I really suggest checking out their extremely affordable shop if you haven’t already! (Ordering art from them is an act of trans + disabled solidarity but it’s also just a smart investment in your own joy and whatnot.)

I think it’s already time for Links & Stuff. Here we go!

• Everyone on twitter (including several past and future podcast guests) told me the wildest reason they got in trouble at work. Most of them were wild like this but some of them were wild like this.
• New Heart in a Blender Guy advice dropped; this one is about how to be less bitter and also cry more.
• This Q&A featuring Alan Dershowitz getting trolled very hard is a little treat.
• Don’t get a Ring doorbell or a listening whatever please I’m begging you lol.
• And uh, probably don’t use Hertz either.
  
  
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Photo ID: A tiny elephant shrew sticking out its tiny tongue.

• THIS IS WHAT ELEPHANT SHREWS LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY YAWNN (featuring many more pictures that u should really click thru to see.)
• Literally not a single person asked for this, but here’s a cute article about the cute dance that my cute boys do after they win a game. (They’ve won 14 in a row now!!!!!!)
• This video is EXTREMELY powerful because with sound on it is very very very very impressive and with sound off it is very very troubling and deranged.
• I don’t know how to describe this but uh, “live Mexican Digimon remix.”

That’s it for now. Here’s your weekly Rhubarb.

Photo ID: Ruby stepping cautiously into some long grass/weeds.

Xo,
Yr resident gender detective

PS: If you happen to be in Portland, please come to this gay garage sale on Saturday and take my stuff! I’ll see you there and will give u a good sticker if I remember to bring them.

Photo ID: A flyer for a big gay yard sale happening at 3617 NE 7th in Portland from 10-3 on Saturday, July 23rd. There's gonna be clothes and books and tools and trans stuff and lots more (emojis of skateboards and a keyboard provide hints) with refreshments provided.