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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · 19h

Thank you for writing it!

Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · 1d

This article is written like Canada is just randomly boycotting American goods because it misses its friend — “amid bruised feelings” about tariffs? How about amid a climate of increasingly authoritarian actions and with Canada being threatened with annexation.

Why can’t the press get it right?

Canada’s boycott America movement is hurting innocent bystanders | CNN Business

Virginia Distillery CEO Gareth Moore was bullish on his company’s American single malt whisky sales north of the border when 2025 kicked off.

www.cnn.com

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · 2d

I do, & my readers told me they finally understood a little more about what it was like to be home-bound (though for me it isn’t temporary ). That compassion & empathy was lovely, & my community still is empathetic, but most others… sigh.

Thank you for still reading!

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · 2d

Many more longreads, and a quick links section with fascinating shorter ones (see below!) in CAE 55: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-five

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · 2d

As well as:
@restofworld.org on use of AI as physicians, @drg.bsky.social on the (repeating) history of the anti vaccine movement,
@gaberivera.bsky.social on Techmeme's 20th anniversary,
@evaholland.bsky.social on the complexities of feeding Alaska, and
@naomiduguid.bsky.social on salt:

The Curious About Everything Newsletter #55

The many interesting things I read in September 2025

jodiettenberg.substack.com

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · 2d

Among the wonderful things to learn from in CAE 55 are:

@historytoday.com on all things platypus
@stephkrzywonos.bsky.social with a beautiful piece for @emergencemagazine.bsky.social on colour pigments
@johndevore.bsky.social with a delightful read about stews — also my fave title of the month!

The Curious About Everything Newsletter #55

The many interesting things I read in September 2025

jodiettenberg.substack.com

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · 2d

CAE 55 is out, with the best things I read in September: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-five

This month's featured artist is Martin Wittfooth, whose evocative image below of a pelican feasting on the detritus of our consumerism fit well with this month’s reads:

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · 2d

It truly has, or made them even more selfish / entitled and unable to muster up relative empathy.

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · 2d

For sure. And no one cares about getting people around them sick. This myth of viruses making your immune systems 'stronger' is also pervasive.

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · 2d

What a COMPLETE mystery that people are more sick than average right now. It's not like their immune systems are affected by anything that would interfere with normal function, right? RIGHT?

Common cold, flu, Covid: Why is Britain so sick right now?

Why coughs and colds seem to be taking hold currently - and what you can do to protect yourself.

www.bbc.com

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Jodi Ettenberg @legalnomads.com · 2d

Thank you for reading CAE! This piece was written by @evaholland.bsky.social — her book about fear is also fantastic.

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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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